Continental underthrusting and obduction during the Cretaceous closure of the Rocas Verdes rift basin, Cordillera Darwin, Patagonian Andes

Tectonics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Klepeis, Keith ^a   Betka, Paul ^a,b   Clarke, Geoffrey ^c   Fanning, Mark ^d   Hervé, Francisco ^e   Rojas, Lisandro ^f   Mpodozis, Constantino ^f,g   Thomson, Stuart ^h,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^f Enap Sipetrol   (Chile)

^g Antofagasta Minerals SA   (Chile)

^h YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSURE; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRETACEOUS; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; EXHUMATION; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FORELAND BASIN; OROGENY; RIFT ZONE; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC WEDGE; THRUST;

ANDES; CHILE; CORDILLERA DARWIN; MAGALLANES; PATAGONIA;

EID: 77954571769     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009TC002610     Document Type: Article

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