Kinematic link between episodic trapdoor collapse of the Negra Muerta Caldera and motion on the Olacapato-El Toro Fault Zone, southern central Andes

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 529-541

  Ramelow, Juliane ^a   Riller, Ulrich ^a,b   Romer, Rolf L ^a   Oncken, Onno ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central Andes; Collaps caldera; Deformation; Geochronology; Kinematics

Indexed keywords

CALDERA; COLLAPSE; EPISODIC EVENT; FAULT ZONE; KINEMATICS; TECTONICS;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33646419814     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-005-0042-x     Document Type: Article

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