Thermal and exhumation history of the Coastal Cordillera arc of northern Chile revealed by thermochronological dating

Tectonophysics

Volumn 495, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 48-66

  Juez Larré, Joaquim ^a   Kukowski, Nina ^b   Dunai, Tibor J ^a   Hartley, Adrian J ^c   Andriessen, Paul A M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

(U Th) He thermochronometry; Central Andes; Erosion; Forearc; Ore deposits; Ridge subduction

Indexed keywords

APATITE FISSION TRACKS; ARC MAGMATISM; BACK-ARC; CENTRAL ANDES; COASTAL CLIFF; CONTINENT COLLISIONS; CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES; EARLY CRETACEOUS; EROSION RATES; FLAT SLABS; FOREARC; JURASSIC; LATE CRETACEOUS; LEADING EDGE; MAGMATIC ACTIVITY; MAGMATIC ARCS; NORTHERN CHILE; OROGENIC BELTS; PLATE SUBDUCTION; PORPHYRY COPPERS; RIDGE SUBDUCTION; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SOUTH AMERICA; SUBDUCTION EROSION; THERMAL EVENTS; THERMAL RELAXATION; THERMOCHRONOMETRY;

APATITE; DEPOSITS; MICA; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; ORE DEPOSITS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SEA LEVEL; TECTONICS;

EROSION;

DATING METHOD; EOCENE; EROSION; ORE DEPOSIT; OROGENIC BELT; PLATE BOUNDARY; SUBDUCTION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

CHILE;

EID: 78649696282     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2010.06.018     Document Type: Article

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