Geomorphological evolution of the Tilcara alluvial fan (Jujuy Province, NW Argentina): Tectonic implications and palaeoenvironmental considerations

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 68-77

  Sancho, Carlos ^a   Peña, José Luis ^a   Rivelli, Felipe ^b   Rhodes, Ed ^c   Muñoz, Arsenio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Andean Cordillera; Arid environments; OSL dating; Thrust tectonics; Tilcara alluvial fan; Upper Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; ARID ENVIRONMENT; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEGMENTATION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THRUST FAULT;

ANDES; ARGENTINA; JUJUY; SOUTH AMERICA; TILCARA;

EID: 48349127073     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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