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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boulder, Colorado :
The Geological Society of America,
2015.
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| 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"-- |
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| Physical Description: | v, 490 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780813712123 (cloth) 0813712122 (cloth) |