Paleomagnetic evidence of in situ block rotations south of the Arica deflection and oroclinal bending north of Arica ; Implications for the tectonic evolution of the central South American Andes
By: by Paul D. Riley.
Published: 1992
Language: eng
Number of pages: 68
Subjects: Paleomagnetism -- Chile -- Arica Region.; Paleomagnetism -- Andes Region.; Geology, Stratigraphic -- Mesozoic.; Geology, Stratigraphic -- Cenozoic.; Plate tectonics -- Andes Region.
Other titles: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the central South American Andes.
Notes: Thesis (M.S.)--Western Washington University, 1992.

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 31-33, 62-68)
Table of contents: value: Section 1. Paleomagnetic evidence of vertical-axis block rotations from the Mesozoic of north-central Chile; value: Section 2. Mesozoic and Cenozoic paleomagnetic data for central South American Andes imply tectonic rearrangement of the Andean forearc : the Bolivian orocline and/or in-situ block rotations.