Cenozoic evolution of the Central Andes in Bolivia and northern Chile

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 121, Issue , 1997, Pages 237-264

  Lamb, Simon ^a   Hoke, Leonore ^a   Kennan, Lorcan ^a   Dewey, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 6144272947     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1997.121.01.10     Document Type: Article

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