Late Cenozoic geomorphic and tectonic evolution of the Patagonian Andes between latitudes 42°S and 46°S: An appraisal based on fission-track results from the transpressional intra-arc Liquiñe-Ofqui fault zone

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1159-1173

  Thomson, Stuart N ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; Denudation; Fission track dating; Landscape evolution; Patagonian Andes; Transpression

Indexed keywords

DENUDATION;

COOLING; EROSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; TECTONICS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TOPOLOGY;

GEOPHYSICS;

CENOZOIC; DENUDATION; FAULT ZONE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; TRANSPRESSION;

CHILE;

EID: 84879888502     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2002)114<1159:LCGATE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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