Tectonic controls and Cenozoic magmatism at the Torres del Paine, southern Andes (Chile, 51°10'S)

Revista Geologica de Chile

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-81

  Altenberger, Uwe ^a   Oberhänsli, Roland ^a   Putlitz, Benita ^a,b   Wemmer, Klaus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c Inst Geol Dynam Lithosphere   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cordillera de los Andes; Deformation; Magmatism; Torres del Paine

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; MAGMATISM;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14844358330     PISSN: 07160208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-02082003000100005     Document Type: Article

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