Geodynamics of a cordilleran orogenic system : the central Andes of Argentina and northern Chile /

"This memoir brings together results from a multidisciplinary study of the processes that have formed the highest, widest part of the Andean Cordilleran orogenic belt in northern Argentina and Chile. The region features a tectonically erosive forearc, protracted arc magmatism, a high-elevation...

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Other Authors: DeCelles, Peter G., 1958- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boulder, Colorado : The Geological Society of America, 2015.
Series:Memoir (Geological Society of America) ; 212.
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Summary:"This memoir brings together results from a multidisciplinary study of the processes that have formed the highest, widest part of the Andean Cordilleran orogenic belt in northern Argentina and Chile. The region features a tectonically erosive forearc, protracted arc magmatism, a high-elevation hinterland plateau and strongly shortened retroarc thrust belt, and a Paleocene-Recent foreland basin system"--
Physical Description:v, 490 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780813712123 (cloth)
0813712122 (cloth)