Renewed uplift of the Central Andes Forearc revealed by coastal evolution during the Quaternary

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 297, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 199-210

  Regard, Vincent ^a,b,c   Saillard, Marianne ^a,b,c   Martinod, Joseph ^a,b,c   Audin, Laurence ^a,b,c   Carretier, Sébastien ^a,b,c   Pedoja, Kevin ^d   Riquelme, Rodrigo ^e   Paredes, Paola ^a,b,c   Hérail, Gérard ^a,b,c  

^a OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^e UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Andes; Geomorphology; Marine terrace; Quaternary; Rocky coast; Subduction

Indexed keywords

ANDES; MARINE TERRACE; QUATERNARY; ROCKY COAST; SUBDUCTION;

COASTAL ZONES; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SOIL CONSERVATION;

LANDFORMS;

BASIN EVOLUTION; COASTAL EVOLUTION; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL ZONE; FOREARC BASIN; QUATERNARY; SUBDUCTION; TERRACE; UPLIFT;

ANDES; ANTOFAGASTA; CHILE; MEJILLONES PENINSULA;

EID: 77956009550     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.06.020     Document Type: Article

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