Trench-forearc interactions reflected in the sedimentary fill of Talara basin, northwest Peru

Basin Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 305-331

  Fildani, Andrea ^a,b   Hessler, Angela M ^a   Graham, Stephan A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CONVERGENT MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; EOCENE; FOREARC BASIN; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; OROGENIC BELT; OROGENY; PLATE CONVERGENCE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRENCH;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PERU; PIURA [PERU]; SOUTH AMERICA; TALARA BASIN;

EID: 51049123631     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2007.00346.x     Document Type: Article

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