Rapid late Miocene rise of the Bolivian Altiplano: Evidence for removal of mantle lithosphere

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 241, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 543-556

  Garzione, Carmala N ^a,b   Molnar, Peter ^b   Libarkin, Julie C ^c   MacFadden, Bruce J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Altiplano; Lithosphere removal; Oxygen isotopes; Paleoelevation

Indexed keywords

ALTIPLANO; BOLIVIA; LITHOSPHERE REMOVAL; PALEOELEVATION;

CARBONATES; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

LITHOSPHERE; MIOCENE; UPLIFT;

ALTIPLANO; BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 30744459156     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.11.026     Document Type: Article

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