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Geology of the Interandine Basin of Cuenca, Ecuador

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

George Sheppard
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The region which forms the subject of this paper is in the southern part of the Republic of Ecuador (Fig. 1) in the Provinces known as Canar and Azuay, and is situated between the two principal cordilleras of the Andes at an elevation of about 8,500 feet above sea-level.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 71 , Issue 8 , August 1934 , pp. 356 - 370
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1934

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