Evidence for middle Eocene and younger land emergence in central Panama: Implications for Isthmus closure

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 780-799

  Montes, Camilo ^a,b   Cardona, A ^a,c   McFadden, R ^a   Moron S E ^a   Silva, C A ^a   Restrepo Moreno, S ^a,d   Ramirez D A ^a   Hoyos, N ^a   Wilson, J ^a   Farris, D ^e   Bayona, G A ^f   Jaramillo, C A ^a   Valencia, V ^g   Bryan, J ^h   Flores, J A ⁱ  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Corporación Geológica Ares ^*  (Colombia)

^g The University of Arizona   (United States)

^h 100 College Boulevard East   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANGULAR UNCONFORMITY; APATITE CRYSTALS; BASEMENT COMPLEX; CENTRAL AMERICA; DATA SETS; DETRITAL ZIRCON; FISSION TRACK AGES; GEOLOGIC MAPPING; ICE AGE; LATE EOCENE; LATE MIOCENE; LATE PLIOCENE; MAGMATIC ACTIVITY; MAGMATISMS; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; PALEOCENE; PETROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; SOUTH AMERICA; ZIRCON AGE;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; ZIRCON;

BUILDINGS;

EOCENE; EXHUMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; LAND BRIDGE; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; MAGMATISM; MIOCENE; PLATE TECTONICS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

ISTHMUS OF PANAMA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 84860268492     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30528.1     Document Type: Article

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