Geodynamics of a Cordilleran Orogenic System: The Central Andes of Argentina and Northern Chile

Geodynamics of a Cordilleran Orogenic System: The Central Andes of Argentina and Northern Chile
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Publisher : Geological Society of America
Total Pages : 500
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ISBN-10 : 9780813712123
ISBN-13 : 0813712122
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Book Synopsis Geodynamics of a Cordilleran Orogenic System: The Central Andes of Argentina and Northern Chile by : Peter G. DeCelles

Download or read book Geodynamics of a Cordilleran Orogenic System: The Central Andes of Argentina and Northern Chile written by Peter G. DeCelles and published by Geological Society of America. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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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