A review of Tertiary climate changes in southern South America and the Antarctic Peninsula. Part 1: Oceanic conditions

JP Le Roux - Sedimentary Geology, 2012 - Elsevier
Oceanic conditions around southern South America and the Antarctic Peninsula have a
major influence on climate patterns in these subcontinents. During the Tertiary, changes in …

Segmentation of megathrust rupture zones from fore‐arc deformation patterns over hundreds to millions of years, Arauco peninsula, Chile

D Melnick, B Bookhagen, MR Strecker… - … Research: Solid Earth, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
This work explores the control of fore‐arc structure on segmentation of megathrust
earthquake ruptures using coastal geomorphic markers. The Arauco‐Nahuelbuta region at …

The West Andean thrust, the San Ramon fault, and the seismic hazard for Santiago, Chile

R Armijo, R Rauld, R Thiele, G Vargas, J Campos… - …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The importance of west verging structures at the western flank of the Andes, parallel to the
subduction zone, appears currently minimized. This hampers our understanding of the …

Tectono-stratigraphic evolution of the Andean Orogen between 31 and 37 S (Chile and Western Argentina)

R Charrier, VA Ramos, F Tapia… - … Society, London, Special …, 2015 - lyellcollection.org
In this classic segment, many tectonic processes, like flat-subduction, terrane accretion and
steepening of the subduction, among others, provide a robust framework for their …

Late Miocene high and rapid surface uplift and its erosional response in the Andes of central Chile (33–35 S)

M Farías, R Charrier, S Carretier, J Martinod, A Fock… - …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
We address the question of the late Cenozoic geomorphological evolution of the central
Chile Andes (33°–35° S), using uplift markers, river incision, previous and new ages of …

The Late Cretaceous–Cenozoic transgressions in Patagonia and the Fuegian Andes: foraminifera, palaeoecology, and palaeogeography

N Malumian, C Nanez - Biological Journal of the Linnean …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Abstract In southernmost South America, several ephemeral Atlantic transgressions flooded
the Patagonian Platform: in the Maastrichtian-Danian, late Mid-Eocene, Late Oligocene …

Retracing the evolutionary history of Nothofagus in its geo‐climatic context: new developments in the emerging field of phylogeology

MC Acosta, P Mathiasen, AC Premoli - Geobiology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Phylogeographic studies have made a significant contribution to the interpretation of genetic
lineage distribution in response to climate changes, such as during glaciation events of the …

Coastal deformation and great subduction earthquakes, Isla Santa María, Chile (37 S)

D Melnick, B Bookhagen… - … Society of America …, 2006 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract Isla Santa María at the active margin of south-central Chile is the result of
earthquake-related uplift and deformation in the forearc since at least late Pleistocene time …

Inversion of forearc basins in south-central Chile caused by rapid glacial age trench fill

D Melnick, HP Echtler - Geology, 2006 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
This study examines the response of a forearc to the increase in sediment flux to the trench
caused by the onset of glacial denudation in the Patagonian Andes. We investigated shelf …

Molecular phylogenies and historical biogeography of a circumtropical group of gastropods (Genus: Nerita): implications for regional diversity patterns in the marine …

MA Frey, GJ Vermeij - Molecular Phylogenetics and evolution, 2008 - Elsevier
To determine how historical processes, namely speciation, extinction, and dispersal, have
contributed to regional species diversity patterns across the marine tropics, we examined the …