Teleseismic tomography of the southern Puna plateau in Argentina and adjacent regions

Tectonophysics

Volumn 586, Issue , 2013, Pages 65-83

  Bianchi, M ^a   Heit, B ^a   Jakovlev, A ^b   Yuan, X ^a   Kay, S M ^c   Sandvol, E ^d   Alonso, R N ^e   Coira, B ^f   Brown, L ^c   Kind, R ^a,g   Comte, D ^h  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

^f UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE JUJUY   (Argentina)

^g FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Arc and back arc volcanoes; Central Andes; Lithospheric structure; Puna plateau; Teleseismic tomography; Velocity anomalies

Indexed keywords

BACK-ARC; CENTRAL ANDES; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; PUNA PLATEAU; TELESEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

DELAMINATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS; TOMOGRAPHY;

VELOCITY;

BASIN; CALDERA; DELAMINATION; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; METAMORPHIC ROCK; NAZCA PLATE; P-WAVE; PLATEAU; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TELESEISMIC WAVE; VOLCANO;

ANDES; ARGENTINA; CATAMARCA; CORDILLERA; FARALLON NEGRO; PARAGUAY; PUNA; SIERRAS PAMPEANAS;

EID: 84873569233     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.11.016     Document Type: Review

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