The Pampa del Tamarugal Forearc Basin in Northern Chile: The Interaction of Tectonics and Climate

Tectonics of Sedimentary Basins: Recent Advances

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 369-381

  Nester, Peter ^a   Jordan, Teresa ^a  

^a Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

Author keywords

Forearc basin; Hyperarid climate; Monocline; Nonmarine depositional environments; Syntectonic sediments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886164506     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444347166.ch18     Document Type: Chapter

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