The Quebradagrande Complex: A Lower Cretaceous ensialic marginal basin in the Central Cordillera of the Colombian Andes

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 423-436

  Nivia, Alvaro ^a   Marriner, Giselle F ^b   Kerr, Andrew C ^c   Tarney, John ^d  

^a SERVICIO GEOLÓGICO COLOMBIANO   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Back arc basin; Continental active margin; Extensional tectonics; Ophiolitic complexes

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MARGIN; BACKARC BASIN; CALC ALKALINE ROCK; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; INTRACRATONIC BASIN; MARGINAL BASIN; OPHIOLITE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING;

COLOMBIA; CORDILLERA CENTRAL [COLOMBIA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33750168862     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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