Metabasites of the Western Cordillera of Ecuador, evidence of oceanic substructure of the the Ecuadorian Andes;Métabasites de la cordillère occidentale d'Équateur, témoins du soubassement océanique des Andes d'Équateur

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 337, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 625-634

  Beaudon, Émilie ^a   Martelat, Jean Emmanuel ^a   Amórtegui, Andrea ^a   Lapierre, Henriette ^a   Jaillard, Etienne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Andean crustal root; Ecuador; Geochemistry; Metabasites; Oceanic plateau

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; EXHUMATION; METABASITE; OROGENY; SUBDUCTION;

ANDES; CORDILLERA OCCIDENTAL [ANDES]; ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17644379582     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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