Quechua II contraction in the Ayacucho intermontane basin: Evidence for rapid and episodic Neogene deformation in the Andes of central Perú

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 383-396

  Wise, James M ^a   Noble, Donald C ^b   Zanetti, Kathleen A ^c   Spell, Terry L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Department of Geoscience ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ayacucho Formation; Ayacucho intermontane basin; Huanta Formation; Puchcas volcanics; Quechua II compressive deformation

Indexed keywords

ANDEAN OROGENY; ARGON-ARGON DATING; BASIN EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONTRACTION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; INTERMONTANE BASIN; NEOGENE; PLATE CONVERGENCE; UNCONFORMITY;

ANDES; AYACUCHO; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 56349106937     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2008.08.012     Document Type: Article

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