Nuevas evidencias de la actividad sísmica del terreno Cuyania en la región de subducción de placa horizontal de Argentina

Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 278-291

  Alvarado, Patricia ^a,b   Sánchez, Gerardo ^a   Saez, Mauro ^a   de Machuca, Brígida Castro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN JUAN   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Andean crustal seismicity; Cuyania terrane; Fat slab; Western sierras pampeanas

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956006408     PISSN: 10268774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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