Triangle zones–Geometry, kinematics, mechanics, and the need for appreciation of uncertainties

C von Hagke, A Malz - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Triangle zones are important structures found in foreland fold-and-thrust belts all over the
world and are commonly associated with tectonic wedging. However, tectonic wedging and …

Hazardous faults of South America; compilation and overview

C Costa, A Alvarado, F Audemard, L Audin… - Journal of South …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The heterogeneous South American geology has coined a wide variety of
neotectonic settings where crustal seismogenic sources do occur. This fact has led to …

3D numerical simulation-based targeting of skarn type mineralization within the Xuancheng-Magushan orefield, middle-lower Yangtze metallogenic belt, China

X Hu, X Li, F Yuan, SM Jowitt, A Ord, R Ye… - …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Recent exploration has identified a series of Cu-Mo skarn deposits within the Xuancheng-
Magushan orefield. The orefield forms part of the Nanling-Xuancheng mining district, which …

Distribution of temperature and strength in the Central Andean lithosphere and its relationship to seismicity and active deformation

F Ibarra, CB Prezzi, J Bott… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We present three‐dimensional (3D) models of the present‐day steady‐state conductive
thermal field and strength distribution in the lithosphere beneath the Central Andes. Our …

Neotectonic activity in the low-strain broken Foreland (Santa Bárbara system) of the North-Western Argentinean Andes (26 S)

A Arnous, M Zeckra, A Venerdini, P Alvarado… - …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Uplift in the broken Andean foreland of the Argentine Santa Bárbara System (SBS) is
associated with the contractional reactivation of basement anisotropies, similar to those …

Accretion cycles, structural evolution, and thrust activity in accretionary wedges with various décollement configurations: Insights from sandbox analog modeling

A Noda, F Graveleau, C Witt, F Chanier… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The architecture (geometry, fault network, and stacking pattern of accreted thrust sheets) of
accretionary wedges influences subduction zone processes. However, it remains …

Isolating active orogenic wedge deformation in the southern Subandes of Bolivia

JR Weiss, BA Brooks, JH Foster, M Bevis… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
A new GPS‐derived surface velocity field for the central Andean backarc permits an
assessment of orogenic wedge deformation across the southern Subandes of Bolivia, where …

Late Quaternary tectonics controlled by fault reactivation. Insights from a local transpressional system in the intermontane Lerma valley, Cordillera Oriental, NW …

VH García, F Hongn, D Yagupsky, H Pingel… - Journal of Structural …, 2019 - Elsevier
We analyzed the Lomas de Carabajal area in the intermontane Lerma valley of the
Cordillera Oriental to assess the level of neotectonic activity in a densely populated region of …

Rapid geodetic shortening across the Eastern Cordillera of NW Argentina observed by the Puna‐Andes GPS Array

PK McFarland, RA Bennett, P Alvarado… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We present crustal velocities for 29 continuously recording GPS stations from the southern
central Andes across the Puna, Eastern Cordillera, and Santa Barbara system for the period …

Structure and tectonic evolution of the Interandean and Subandean Zones of the central Andean fold-thrust belt of Bolivia

EAR Vera, P Giampaoli, E Gobbo, E Rocha, G Olivieri… - Andean tectonics, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Interandean and Subandean Zones of the central Andean fold-thrust belt in
Bolivia have a complex Proterozoic to Cenozoic tectonic history. This work presents several …