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

The present paper reviews Tertiary volcanic and sedimentary formations in the Inter-Andean
region of southern Ecuador (between 2° S and 4° 20′ S) in order to develop a geodynamic …

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 Middle Magdalena Valley, Eastern Cordillera, and Llanos basin constituted a major
regional sedimentary basin from the Triassic to the middle Miocene. Basin development …

The North Andean convergent margin is a region of intense crustal deformation, with six
great subduction earthquakes Mw≥ 7.8 this century. The regional pattern of seismicity and …

The Andes are a natural laboratory for the study of the interaction between subduction of the
oceanic plate and active geological processes. Inter-and intraplate seismicity, volcanic …

The analyses of the main parameters controlling the present Chile‐type and Marianas‐type
tectonic settings developed along the eastern Pacific region show four different tectonic …

Abstract The Andes of the Neuquén region (36°− 38° S latitude) of the Central Andes have
distinctive characteristics that result from the alternation of periods of generalized extension …

The geology of the metamorphic rocks of the Cordillera Real of Ecuador is described in
terms of five informal lithotectonic divisions. We deduce that during the Mesozoic repeated …

The world's 877 giant oil and gas fields are those with 500 million bbl of ultimately
recoverable oil or gas equivalent. Remarkably, almost all of these 877 giant fields, which by …