Glacigenic features and Tertiary stratigraphy of the Magellan Strait (Southern Chile)

Geologica Acta

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-100

  Bartole, R ^a   de Muro, S ^b   Morelli, D ^a   Tosoratti, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Glacigenic features; Magallanes Fagnano transform fault; Seismostratigraphy

Indexed keywords

FORELAND BASIN; GLACIER ADVANCE; GLACIER RETREAT; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRATIGRAPHY; TERTIARY;

MAGELLAN STRAIT; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 46649109950     PISSN: 16956133     EISSN: 16965728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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