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

An integration of diverse strain markers into a palinspastic reconstruction of the northern
Andes provides a first-order quantitative approximation to the response of a complex margin …

Arc-basaltic melts of typical hydration state (≥ 2 wt% H 2 O) are buoyant relative to all
common crustal igneous rock types and may pass adiabatically from a mantle source …

Integration of several geologic lines of evidence reveals the prevalence of a lowland trans-
Andean portal communicating western Amazonia and the westernmost Andes from at least …

Aim Paleogeographic changes have had profound effects on the evolution and diversity of
the Neotropical biota. However, the influence of marine incursions on the origin …

Key Points We evaluate the Miocene tectonic evolution of the northwestern Andes of
Colombia through a multitechnical approach Ongoing exhumation and deposition of middle …

Surface uplift of the Garzón Massif in the northern Andes formed a critical orographic barrier
(2500–3000 m elevation) that generated a deep rain shadow and strongly influenced the …

Detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology has been used extensively to develop provenance
histories for surface outcrops of key stratigraphic localities within sedimentary basins …

Miocene strike‐slip tectonics was responsible for creating and closing short‐lived (ca. 6 Ma)
passages and the emergence of isolated topography in the Northern Andes. These …

Unconformities in foreland basins may be generated by tectonic processes that operate in
the basin, the adjacent fold–thrust belt or the broader convergent margin. Foreland basin …