Building the central Andes through axial lower crustal flow

Tectonics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Ouimet, William B ^a   Cook, Kristen L ^b  

^a AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL SHORTENING; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; LOWER CRUST; NAZCA PLATE; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; OROGENY; SUBDUCTION;

ANDES;

EID: 77954601011     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009TC002460     Document Type: Article

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