Subduction dynamics and the origin of Andean orogeny and the Bolivian orocline

Nature

Volumn 480, Issue 7375, 2011, Pages 83-86

  Capitanio, F A ^a   Faccenna, C ^b   Zlotnik, S ^a,c   Stegman, D R ^d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDEAN OROGENY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; EOCENE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SUBDUCTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; DYNAMICS; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; LITHOSPHERE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SUBDUCTION DYNAMICS; THICKNESS; TOPOGRAPHY; VELOCITY;

BOLIVIA;

EID: 82555186901     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10596     Document Type: Article

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