Stratigraphy of the late Cretaceous-Paleogene deposits of the cordillera occidental of central ecuador: Geodynamic implications

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-58

  Jaillard, Etienne ^a   Ordoñez, Martha ^b   Suárez, Johnny ^b   Toro, Jorge ^b   Iza, Danilo ^c   Lugo, Willam ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b LABOGEO Petroproducción ^*  (Ecuador)

^c ESCUELA POLITÉCNICA NACIONAL   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Accretion of oceanic terranes; Clastic sequences; Cordillera Occidental of Ecuador; Late Cretaceous Paleogene

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; CRETACEOUS; GEODYNAMICS; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOGENE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ANDES; CORDILLERA OCCIDENTAL [ANDES]; ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 7244251756     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2004.05.003     Document Type: Article

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