Paleogene synorogenic sedimentation in the Altiplano plateau and implications for initial mountain building in the Central Andes

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1387-1400

  Horton, B K ^a   Hampton, B A ^a   Waanders, G L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Altiplano; Andes; Fold and thrust belts; Foreland basins; Palynology; Plateaus

Indexed keywords

PALYNOLOGICAL DATA;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS;

FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FORELAND BASIN; PALEOGENE; PALYNOLOGY; PLATEAU; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTATION;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84879886360     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2001)113<1387:PSSITA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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