Antarctic/Scotia plate convergence off southernmost Chile

Geologica Acta

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 295-306

  Polonia, Alina ^a   Torelli, Lu ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Continental margin; Marine geology; Plate tectonics; Subduction complex; Tectonic accretion; Trench

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; BATHYMETRY; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DATA INTERPRETATION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FOREARC BASIN; OCEAN-CONTINENT TRANSITION; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PLATE TECTONICS; SEISMIC DATA; SUBDUCTION; THRUST; TRENCH;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 38349118825     PISSN: 16956133     EISSN: 16965728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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