Structural, Geomorphic, and Depositional Characteristics of Contiguous and Broken Foreland Basins: Examples from the Eastern Flanks of the Central Andes in Bolivia and NW Argentina

Tectonics of Sedimentary Basins: Recent Advances

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 508-521

  Strecker, Manfred R ^a   Sobel, Edward R ^a   Hilley, George E ^b   Bookhagen, Bodo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Broken foreland basin; Central Andes; Contiguous foreland basin; Fold and thrust belt; Re activated structures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871148211     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444347166.ch25     Document Type: Chapter

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