Strain partitioning along the arc in the Neuquén Andes (36-39°S) for the last 30 million years;Partición de la deformación en la zona del arco volcánico de los Andes neuquinos0 (36-39°S) en los últimos 30 millones de años

Revista Geologica de Chile

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2002, Pages

  Folguera, Andrés ^a   Ramos, Víctor A ^b   Melnick, Daniel ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Northern Patagonian Andes; Oblique subduction; Strain partitioning; Volcanic arc; Wadati Benioff changes

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; STRAIN PARTITIONING; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VOLCANISM;

ANDES; ARGENTINA; NEUQUEN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 29144515783     PISSN: 07160208     EISSN: 0717618X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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