Does the topographic distribution of the central Andean Puna Plateau result from climatic or geodynamic processes?

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 643-646

  Strecker, M R ^a   Alonso, R ^b   Bookhagen, B ^c   Carrapa, B ^d   Coutand, I ^e,h   Hain, M P ^a   Hilley, G E ^e   Mortimer, E ^f   Schoenbohm, L ^g   Sobel, E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^e UNIV LILLE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^g OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; GEODYNAMIC PROCESS; SEDIMENT STORAGE; SURFACE PROCESS;

BASIN EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL INTERIOR; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; FORELAND BASIN; GEODYNAMICS; OROGENY; PLATEAU; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; UPLIFT;

ANDES; PUNA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 69749111743     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25545A.1     Document Type: Article

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