New constraints on the chronology, magnitude, and distribution of deformation within the central Andean orocline

Tectonics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1432-1453

  Eichelberger, Nathan ^a   McQuarrie, Nadine ^b   Ehlers, Todd A ^c   Enkelmann, Eva ^d   Barnes, Jason B ^e   Lease, Richard O ^c,f  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f United States Geological Survey Alaska Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

central Andes; map view reconstruction; orocline; thermochronology

Indexed keywords

APATITE FISSION TRACKS; BALANCED CROSS SECTIONS; CENTRAL ANDES; CRUSTAL THICKENINGS; OROCLINE; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; TRANSLATIONAL DISPLACEMENTS; VERTICAL-AXIS ROTATION;

DEFORMATION; FLEXIBLE COUPLINGS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

AGE DETERMINATION; APATITE; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; CRUSTAL THICKENING; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DISPLACEMENT; EXHUMATION; FAULT ZONE; FISSION TRACK DATING; GPS; RECONSTRUCTION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; ZIRCON;

ANDES; CORDILLERA ORIENTAL [ANDES];

EID: 84885455464     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: 19449194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tect.20073     Document Type: Article

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