Late Eocene-Pliocene basin evolution in the Eastern Cordillera of northwestern Argentina (25°-26°S): Regional implications for Andean orogenic wedge development

Basin Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 249-268

  Carrapa, Barbara ^a   Bywater Reyes, Sharon ^b   Decelles, Peter G ^a   Mortimer, Estelle ^c   Gehrels, George E ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; DEFORMATION; EOCENE; FORELAND BASIN; OROGENY; PLIOCENE; TECTONIC WEDGE; UPLIFT;

ANDES; ARGENTINA; CORDILLERA ORIENTAL [ANDES];

PUCARA;

EID: 84860161004     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2011.00519.x     Document Type: Article

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