Coeval compressional deformation and volcanism in the central Andes, case studies from northern Chile (23°S-24°S)

Tectonics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  González, Gabriel ^a   Cembrano, José ^a   Aron, Felipe ^a,b   Veloso, Eugenio E ^a   Shyu, J Bruce H ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^b Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CENTRAL ANDES; COMPRESSIONAL DEFORMATION; IGNIMBRITES; MAGMA RESERVOIRS; MAGMA STORAGE; MAGMA TRANSPORT; MAGMATIC ARCS; MONOGENETIC VOLCANOES; NORTHERN CHILE; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; RAMP STRUCTURES; REVERSE FAULTS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS; SUBPARALLEL RIDGES;

VOLCANOES;

DEFORMATION; FOLDING; IGNIMBRITE; LAVA; MAGMA; MAGMA CHAMBER; PLEISTOCENE; REVERSE FAULT; VOLCANISM; VOLCANO;

ANDES; CHILE;

EID: 77956482531     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009TC002538     Document Type: Article

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