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 …

The remarkably diverse plant communities of the Neotropics are the result of diversification
driven by multiple biotic (for example, speciation, extinction and dispersal) and abiotic (for …

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

Cycads are ancient seed plants (gymnosperms) that emerged by the early Permian.
Although they were common understory flora and food for dinosaurs in the Mesozoic, their …

Abstract Southern Central America is a Late Mesozoic/Cenozoic island arc that evolved in
response to the subduction of the Farallón Plate beneath the Caribbean Plate in the Late …

The rise of the Isthmus of Panama was the product of small‐scale geological processes that,
nonetheless, had worldwide repercussions. The building of the Panamanian landscape can …

Abstract The northern Andes of Colombia comprise two non-cogenetic Paleogene arcs
formed in contrasting geodynamic settings including continental and oceanic domains. New …

A major topic of debate in earth science and climate science surrounds the timing of closure
of the Central American Seaway. While it is clear that the gateway was closed by ca. 2.8 Ma …

Abstract Formation of the Panama Isthmus, that had global oceanographic and biotic effects
in the Neogene, is generally associated with tectonic uplift during collision of the Panama …

New geochronologic, thermochronologic, and geomorphometric landscape analyses were
performed to discriminate the relationships between tectonics and geomorphology in the …