Evolution of the late Cenozoic Chaco foreland basin, Southern Bolivia

Basin Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-170

  Uba, Cornelius Eji ^a,b   Heubeck, Christoph ^a   Hulka, Carola ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CENOZOIC; FORELAND BASIN; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC DATA; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745031552     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2006.00291.x     Document Type: Article

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