Oligocene range uplift and development of plateau morphology in the southern central Andes

Tectonics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1-19

  Carrapa, B ^a   Adelmann, D ^b   Hilley, G E ^c   Mortimer, E ^a   Sobel, E R ^a   Strecker, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; OLIGOCENE; PLATEAU; RELIEF; UPLIFT;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

PUNA;

EID: 27744442601     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004TC001762     Document Type: Article

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