Forearc uplift rates deduced from sediment cores of two coastal lakes in south-central Chile

Tectonophysics

Volumn 495, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 129-143

  Stefer, Susanne ^a,b   Moernaut, Jasper ^c   Melnick, Daniel ^b   Echtler, Helmut P ^a,b   Arz, Helge W ^a   Lamy, Frank ^d   De Batist, Marc ^c   Oncken, O ^a   Haug, Gerald H ^b,e  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arauco Peninsula; Forearc tectonics; Lago Lanalhue; Lago Lleu Lleu; Sea level change; Uplift rate

Indexed keywords

ARAUCO PENINSULA; FOREARC TECTONICS; LAGO LANALHUE; LAGO LLEU LLEU; SEALEVEL CHANGE; UPLIFT RATE;

LANDFORMS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL CONSERVATION; TECTONICS;

LAKES;

FOLDING; FOREARC BASIN; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PLEISTOCENE; REVERSE FAULT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CORE; UPLIFT; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

ARAUCO PENINSULA; BIO BIO; CHILE;

EID: 77953968155     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.05.006     Document Type: Article

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