Thermochronology, geochronology, and upper crustal structure of the Cordillera Real: Implications for Cenozoic exhumation of the central Andean plateau

Tectonics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Gillis, Robert J ^a,b   Horton, Brian K ^a,c   Grove, Marty ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON ISOTOPE; BASIN ANALYSIS; CENOZOIC; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; CORDILLERA; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EXHUMATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; OLIGOCENE; PLIOCENE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; THRUST; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ALTIPLANO; ANDES; BOLIVIA; CORDILLERA REAL [ANDES]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34248580221     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005TC001887     Document Type: Article

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