The East Pisco Basin is one of the forearc basins that formed during the Cenozoic along the
coast of Peru due to the subduction of the Farrallon-Nazca plate beneath the South …

New age estimates obtained via Strontium Isotope (87 Sr/86 Sr) Stratigraphy and new
paleoclimatic data are here presented for the Miocene Chilcatay and Pisco formations …

The northward-flowing Humboldt Current hosts perpetually high levels of productivity along
the western coast of South America. Here, we aim to elucidate the deep-time history of this …

Bioapatite of fossil bone and teeth is susceptible to alteration and ion exchange during
burial and diagenesis, varying its Sr content through the geological time. Nevertheless, fossil …

The Cenozoic succession of the East Pisco Basin preserves the sedimentary record of
several episodes of deformation of the forearc crust along the Peruvian margin. The 1 …

Fossil bones, together with teeth, are the most common remains of vertebrates that could
manage to get preserved over geological times, providing information on the diagenetic and …

Records of aquatic mammal fossils (eg cetaceans, pinnipeds, sirenians, mustelids, and
desmostylians) from Latin America (Mexico to Tierra del Fuego, including Antartica) span …

Tube-dwelling cirratulids from the Miocene Chilcatay and Pisco Formations of southern Peru
are described herein for the first time. These worms constitute tube aggregates cropping out …

Global sea-level changes and substantial vertical displacement along the Monte Grande
Fault (MGF) in the lower Río Ica Valley of south-central Peru influenced the accumulation of …

Nowadays, the odontocete family Kogiidae is monotypic and only includes two species of
diminutive relatives of the great sperm whale Physeter Linnaeus, 1758. Conversely, a …