Dextral shear, terrane accretion and basin formation in the Northern Andes: Best explained by interaction with a Pacific-derived Caribbean plate?

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 328, Issue , 2009, Pages 487-531

  Kennan, Lorcan ^a   Pindell, James L ^a,b  

^a Tectonic Analysis Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; BACKARC BASIN; BASIN EVOLUTION; CARIBBEAN PLATE; COMPRESSION; CRETACEOUS; ISLAND ARC; MAGMATISM; NAZCA PLATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PASSIVE MARGIN; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; PULL APART BASIN; SHEAR; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TERRANE; TRANSPRESSION; TRENCH; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

ANDES; COLOMBIA; ECUADOR;

EID: 75249083916     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP328.20     Document Type: Article

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