Integration of regional stratigraphic relationships with data on sediment accumulation,
provenance, paleodrainage, and deformation timing enables a reconstruction of Mesozoic …

The elevation of the Andean Cordillera is a crucial boundary condition for both climatic and
tectonic studies. The Andes affect climate because they form the only barrier to atmospheric …

Construction of the Andes has been governed largely by fluctuating contractional, neutral,
and extensional tectonic regimes during differing degrees of mechanical coupling along the …

This text, written by a leading researcher in the field, describes the origin and formation of
lakes in order to give context to the question of how lacustrine deposits form. It explains the …

Earth's terrestrial near‐subsurface environment can be divided into relatively porous layers
of soil, intact regolith, and sedimentary deposits above unweathered bedrock. Variations in …

Today, 93 percent of freshwater drainage off South America runs into the Atlantic. South
America's drainage pattern was shaped by its persistent Guyana and Brazilian continental …

Abstract Analysis of more than 700 modern continental sedimentary basins that are both
endorheic (internally drained) and exorheic (externally drained) and cover a wide range of …

The four‐part districting scheme (wedge‐top, foredeep, forebulge, and backbulge
depozones) applies to many foreland basin systems worldwide, but significant variations …

The central Andes (16°–22° S) are part of an active continental margin mountain belt and
the result of shortening of the weak western edge of South America between the strong …

This cutting-edge summary combines ideas from several sub-disciplines including geology,
geomorphology, oceanography and geochemistry to provide an integrated view of Earth …