The Andes are the world's most biodiverse mountain chain, encompassing a complex array
of ecosystems from tropical rainforests to alpine habitats. We provide a synthesis of Andean …

Shortening of the continental lithosphere is generally accommodated by the growth of
crustal wedges building above megathrusts in the mantle lithosphere. We show that the …

Abstract The Central Andes between 18° S and 36° S latitude strike north-south for 2000 km
along the Chilean subduction margin, cross several climate zones from hyperarid to humid …

Miocene strike‐slip tectonics was responsible for creating and closing short‐lived (ca. 6 Ma)
passages and the emergence of isolated topography in the Northern Andes. These …

The northwestern corner of South America presents a highly complex geodynamical setting
including the convergence between South America, Nazca, and Caribbean plates; which …

The complex Moho topography beneath the northwestern Andes is the result of multiple
geodynamic processes during the Cenozoic. To contribute to our understanding of the Moho …

The onset of deformation in the northern Andes is overprinted by subsequent stages of basin
deformation, complicating the examination of competing models illustrating potential …

Biological dispersal is increasingly seen as a primary driver of speciation across the tropical
Andes. Similarly, growing evidence suggests that the Northern Andes cordilleras formed as …

Thermochronometry provides one of few methods to quantify rock exhumation rate and
history, including potential changes in exhumation rate. Thermochronometric ages can …

The interaction of the northern Nazca and southwestern Caribbean oceanic plates with
northwestern South America (NWSA) and the collision of the Panama‐Choco arc (PCA) …