Cenozoic foreland basin system in the central Andes of northwestern Argentina: Implications for Andean geodynamics and modes of deformation

Tectonics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Decelles, P G ^a   Carrapa, B ^a   Horton, B K ^b   Gehrels, G E ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DEFORMATION; GEODYNAMICS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; TECTONICS;

ALLUVIAL FANS; ALLUVIAL PLAINS; ARGENTINA; CENOZOIC; CENOZOIC DEPOSITS; CENTRAL ANDES; DEPOCENTERS; DETRITAL ZIRCON; EASTWARD PROPAGATION; EOLIAN DEPOSITS; FORELAND BASIN; GROWTH STRUCTURES; LACUSTRINE DEPOSITS; LATE MIOCENE; MIOCENE; PALEOCENE; PALEOCURRENTS; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; THRUST BELTS;

DEPOSITS;

ACCUMULATION RATE; ALLUVIAL FAN; ALLUVIAL PLAIN; BASIN EVOLUTION; BELT; CENOZOIC; DEFORMATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FORELAND BASIN; GEODYNAMICS; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MESOZOIC; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOCURRENT; PETROGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; SANDSTONE; THRUST; ZIRCON;

ANDES; ARGENTINA; BOLIVIA;

EID: 84855303316     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011TC002948     Document Type: Article

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