Paleomagnetism and tectonics of the southern Atacama Desert (25-28°S), northern Chile

Tectonics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Arriagada, César ^a   Roperch, Pierrick ^a,b,e   Mpodozis, Constantino ^c,d   Fernandez, Rodrigo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c SERVICIO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGÍA Y MINERÍA   (Chile)

^d Enap Sipetrol   (Chile)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORDILLERA; EOCENE; FOREARC BASIN; IGNIMBRITE; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOCENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TECTONIC ROTATION;

ANDES; ARGENTINA; ATACAMA DESERT; BOLIVIA; CHILE; CORDILLERA REAL [BOLIVIA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33751373879     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005TC001923     Document Type: Article

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