Tectonic rotations during the Chile Ridge collision and obduction of the Taitao ophiolite (southern Chile)

Island Arc

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 599-615

  Veloso, Eugenio Andrés Espinosa ^a   Anma, Ryo ^a   Yamazaki, Toshitsugu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Block rotation; Chile Ridge; Obduction; Paleomagnetism; Taitao ophiolite

Indexed keywords

BLOCK ROTATION; DEMAGNETIZATION; OBDUCTION; OPHIOLITE; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; TECTONIC SETTING;

AISEN; CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA; TAITAO PENINSULA;

EID: 33644807113     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: 14401738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2005.00487.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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