Thrust belts of the southern Central Andes: Along-strike variations in shortening, topography, crustal geometry, and denudation

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 1339-1351

  Giambiagi, Laura ^a   Mescua, José ^a   Bechis, Florencia ^b   Tassara, Andrés ^c   Hoke, Greg ^d  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE RÍO NEGRO   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^d SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; CENTRAL ANDES; CONTROLLING FACTORS; COUPLING MODELS; CROSS SECTION; CRUSTAL DEFORMATIONS; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DEGREE OF COUPLING; FOLD-AND-THRUST BELTS; LITHOSPHERIC; LOCAL VARIATIONS; LOWER CRUST; STUDY AREAS; TECTONIC SHORTENING; THRUST BELTS; TOPOGRAPHIC UPLIFT; UPPER CRUST;

GEOMETRY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

DEFORMATION;

CHRONOLOGY; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DEFORMATION; DENUDATION; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; LOWER CRUST; MOHO; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TOPOGRAPHY; UPPER CRUST;

ANDES; ARGENTINA;

EID: 84865165276     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30609.1     Document Type: Article

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