Neogene constriction in the northern Chilean Coastal Cordillera: Neotectonics and surface dating cosmogenic 21Ne;Constricción neógena en la Cordillera de la Costa, norte de Chile: Neotectónica y datación de superficies con 21Ne cosmogónico

Revista Geologica de Chile

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-38

  Carrizo, Daniel ^a,b   González, Gabriel ^a   Dunal, Tibor ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central andes; Cordillera de fa costa; Cosmogenic 21Ne; Neotectonics; Northern Chile; Outer foreare; Surface dating

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; DEFORMATION; FAULT SCARP; FAULTING; KINEMATICS; NEOGENE; NEOTECTONICS;

CHILE; COASTAL CORDILLERA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 43949111728     PISSN: 07160208     EISSN: 0717618X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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