Tectonic and climate driven fluctuations in the stratigraphic base level of a Cenozoic continental coal basin, northwestern Andes

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 369-382

  Silva Tamayo, J C ^a   Sierra, G M ^b   Correa, L G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSIDAD EAFIT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Amag Formation; Cenozoic; Coal; Colombia; Northwestern Andes; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

ANDEAN OROGENY; BASIN EVOLUTION; CENOZOIC; COAL; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FOLDING; INVERSION TECTONICS; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THRUST; UPLIFT; VOLCANISM;

AMAGA BASIN; ANDES; ANTIOQUIA [COLOMBIA]; COLOMBIA; CORDILLERA CENTRAL [ANDES]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 56349085464     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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