Late Miocene-early Pliocene onset of N-S extension along the southern margin of the Central Andean Puna Plateau: Evidence from magmatic, geochronological and structural observations

Tectonophysics

Volumn 494, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 48-63

  Montero Lopez, M C ^a,b   Hongn, Fernando D ^a   Strecker, Manfred R ^b   Marrett, Randall ^c   Seggiaro, Raúl ^a   Sudo, Masafumi ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar ages; Late Miocene early Pliocene; N S extension; Puna Plateau

Indexed keywords

40AR/39AR AGES; CENOZOIC; CENTRAL ANDES; EXTENSIONAL COLLAPSE; EXTENSIONAL DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL FAULTING; IGNIMBRITES; LATE MIOCENE; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; MAGMATIC ROCK; MAGMATISMS; MOUNTAIN BELTS; N-S EXTENSION; NORMAL FAULTS; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PLIOCENE; PUNA PLATEAU; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL OBSERVATIONS; UPPER MIOCENE; VOLCANIC COMPLEX; VOLCANIC FLOWS;

DATA STRUCTURES; FRACTURE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; STEEL SHEET; VOLCANOES;

LANTHANUM;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MAGMATISM; MIOCENE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OROGENY; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PLATEAU; PLIOCENE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; UPLIFT;

ALTIPLANO; ANDES; PUNA;

EID: 78650075640     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2010.08.010     Document Type: Article

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