Geochronology of pediment surfaces in southern Peru: Implications for Quaternary deformation of the Andean forearc

Tectonophysics

Volumn 459, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 186-205

  Hall, S R ^a   Farber, D L ^b   Audin, L ^c   Finkel, R C ^b   Meriaux A S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beryllium 10; Central Andes; Cosmogenic; Forearc; Pediment; Peru

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; DEFORMATION; FOREARC BASIN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PEDIMENT; QUATERNARY;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 54449088611     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.11.073     Document Type: Article

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