Determining the Neogene behavior of the Nazca plate by geohistory analysis

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 165-168

  Le Roux, J P ^a   Gómez, Carolina A ^a   Olivares, Danisa M ^a   Middleton, Heather ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flat plate subduction; Juan Fern ndez Ridge; Nazca plate; Plate tectonics

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; NAZCA PLATE; NEOGENE DEPOSITS;

BUOYANCY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; SEDIMENTATION; VECTORS;

TECTONICS;

NAZCA PLATE; NEOGENE; PLATE TECTONICS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

EID: 15744382270     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21101.1     Document Type: Article

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