Detrital thermochronology - A new perspective on hinterland tectonics, an example from the Andean Amazon Basin, Ecuador

Basin Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 413-430

  Ruiz, G M H ^a   Seward, D ^a   Winkler, W ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETRITAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEODYNAMICS; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; TECTONIC SETTING;

AMAZON BASIN; ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 4644350626     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2004.00239.x     Document Type: Article

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