Sedimentary record of Andean mountain building
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In this paper, the Andean orogeny is reconstructed by integrating regional stratigraphic relationships with data on sediment accumulation, provenance, paleodrainage, and deformation timing.About:
This article is published in Earth-Science Reviews.The article was published on 2018-03-01 and is currently open access. It has received 209 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Foreland basin & Sedimentary basin.read more
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Tectonic Regimes of the Central and Southern Andes: Responses to Variations in Plate Coupling During Subduction
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The changing course of the Amazon River in the Neogene: center stage for Neotropical diversification
TL;DR: The origins of the modern Amazon River are hypothesized to be linked with that of mega-wetland landscapes of tropical South America, which have persisted over about 10% northern South America under different configurations for >15 million years.
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Conceptual and empirical advances in Neotropical biodiversity research.
Alexandre Antonelli,María Ariza,María Ariza,James S. Albert,Tobias Andermann,Josué A. R. Azevedo,Christine D. Bacon,Søren Faurby,Thaís B. Guedes,Carina Hoorn,Lúcia G. Lohmann,Pável Matos-Maraví,Camila Duarte Ritter,Isabel Sanmartín,Daniele Silvestro,Marcelo F. Tejedor,Hans ter Steege,Hans ter Steege,Hanna Tuomisto,Fernanda P. Werneck,Alexander Zizka,Scott V. Edwards,Scott V. Edwards +22 more
TL;DR: This review highlights the great opportunities for studying the Neotropical biota to understand the evolution of life and urges more coordination and integration of data and ideas among disciplines, transcending their traditional boundaries, as a basis for advancing tomorrow’s ground-breaking research.
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Southward propagation of Nazca subduction along the Andes.
Yi-Wei Chen,Jonny Wu,John Suppe +2 more
TL;DR: The model suggests that Nazca subduction has not been fully continuous since the Mesozoic but instead included episodic divergent phases, and it is found that foredeep sedimentation and the initiation of Andean compression are both linked to interactions between the Nazca slab and the lower mantle, consistent with previous modelling.
Initiation of the Andean orogeny by lower mantle subduction
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the evolution of the subduction zone through time by restoring the position of the Nazca trench in an absolute reference frame, comparing its position with seismic tomography models and balancing the subducting slab.
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