Quantifying different modes of the late Cenozoic shortening in the central Andes

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 621-624

  Babeyko, Andrey Y ^a,b   Sobolev, Stephan V ^a,c  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Central Andes; High plateau; Tectonic shortening; Thermomechanical modeling

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERE; PALEOZOIC SEDIMENTS; TECTONIC SHORTENING; THERMOMECHANICAL PROCESSES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; SEDIMENTS; TECTONICS; THERMOMECHANICAL TREATMENT;

GEOLOGY;

CENOZOIC; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMOMECHANICS;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

PUNA;

EID: 23044463818     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21126.1     Document Type: Article

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