Late Cretaceous to recent plate motions in western South America revisited

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 331-332, Issue , 2012, Pages 152-163

  Somoza, Rubén ^a   Ghidella, Marta E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Andes; Cenozoic; Convergence; Late Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

ANDES; CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CONVERGENCE; CONVERGENCE RATES; HOT-SPOT MODEL; LATE CRETACEOUS; LATE NEOGENE; LATE OLIGOCENE; NAZCA PLATE; NEO GENES; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; OCEANIC PLATE; PATAGONIA; PLATE MOTIONS; SOUTH AMERICA; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

LITHOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

ANDEAN OROGENY; CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRETACEOUS; DEFORMATION; HOT SPOT; NAZCA PLATE; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PLATE MOTION; SUBDUCTION; TRENCH; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

ANDES; CHILE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84860521942     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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