Geochronology of pediments and marine terraces in north-central Chile and their implications for Quaternary uplift in the Western Andes

Geomorphology

Volumn 180-181, Issue , 2013, Pages 33-46

  Rodríguez, María Pía ^a   Carretier, Sébastien ^b   Charrier, Reynaldo ^a,e   Saillard, Marianne ^b,f   Regard, Vincent ^b   Hérail, Gérard ^b   Hall, Sarah ^c,g   Farber, Dan ^c   Audin, Laurence ^d  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^b Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^e UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^g MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chile; CRN dating; Fluvial terraces; Pediment; Shore platform; Uplift

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PEDIMENT; PLEISTOCENE; SHORE PLATFORM; UPLIFT; VERTICAL MIXING;

ANDES; CHILE; PACIFIC COAST [CHILE]; PACIFIC COAST [SOUTH AMERICA];

EID: 84870251027     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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