Using gemorphological markers to discriminate Neogene tectonic activity in the Precordillera of North Chilean forearc (24-25°S)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 411, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 41-55

  Soto, Ruth ^a   Martinod, Joseph ^a   Riquelme, Rodrigo ^b   Hérail, Gérard ^c   Audin, Laurence ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Peru)

Author keywords

Andean forearc; Geomorphological markers; Neogene tectonics; Northern Chile

Indexed keywords

FOREARC BASIN; NEOGENE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

PRECORDILLERA; SOUTH AMERICA;

PUNA;

EID: 29744465842     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.08.017     Document Type: Article

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