Mid-cretaceous crustal shortening: Evidence from a regional-scale ductile shear zone in the Coastal Range of central Chile (32° S)

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 209-226

  Arancibia, Gloria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Central chile; Coastal range; Crustal shortening; Mid Cretaceous; Shear zone

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONICS;

CHILE; COASTAL CORDILLERA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 8844280871     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2004.06.001     Document Type: Article

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