Did shortening in thick crust cause rapid Late Cenozoic uplift in the northern Bolivian andes?

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 168, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1079-1092

  Lamb, Simon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL SHORTENING; CRUSTAL THICKENINGS; DYNAMICAL ANALYSIS; LATE CENOZOIC;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

TECTONICS;

CENOZOIC; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; CRUSTAL THICKENING; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DEFORMATION; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; ELEVATION; UPLIFT;

ANDES; BOLIVIA;

EID: 80052402061     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492011-008     Document Type: Article

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