Uplift of the Altiplano-Puna plateau: A view from the west

Tectonics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Jordan, T E ^a   Nester, P L ^a   Blanco, N ^b   Hoke, G D ^c   Davila F ^d   Tomlinson, A J ^b  

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

^b SERVICIO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGÍA Y MINERÍA   (Chile)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROTATION;

ATACAMA; CENTRAL ANDES; FORE-ARC BASIN; LONG WAVELENGTH; MIDDLE MIOCENE; NEO GENES; TOPOGRAPHIC UPLIFT;

HEATING;

DEFORMATION; FOLD; FOREARC BASIN; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MONOCLINE; NEOGENE; PLATEAU; RELIEF; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; UPLIFT;

ALTIPLANO; ANDES; ATACAMA; CHILE; PUNA;

EID: 77957570728     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010TC002661     Document Type: Article

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