Subduction zones are where sediments, oceanic crust, and mantle lithosphere return to and
reequilibrate with Earth's mantle. Subduction zones are interior expressions of Earth's …

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 …

Cordilleran orogenic systems, such as the modern Andes, are long belts of deformation and
magmatism that are associated with the subduction of oceanic plates beneath continental …

▪ Abstract The enigma of continental plateaus formed in the absence of continental collision
is embodied by the Altiplano-Puna, which stretches for 1800 km along the Central Andes …

The Andes make up the largest orogenic system developed by subduction of oceanic crust
along a continental margin. Subduction began soon after the breakup of Rodinia in Late …

The surface uplift of mountain belts is generally assumed to reflect progressive shortening
and crustal thickening, leading to their gradual rise. Recent studies of the Andes indicate …

The largest tectonic relief breaking the Earth's surface (13 km vertically) is at the subduction
margin of the Andes, which generates routinely megathrust earthquakes (Mw> 8.5) and …

On the basis of paleontological content (vertebrates and palynology) and facies analysis
from river banks, road cuts, and three wells, we have assigned the uppermost levels of the …

Recently published seafloor data around the Antarctica plate boundaries, as well as
calibration of the Cenozoic Magnetic Polarity Time Scale, allow a reevaluation of the Nazca …