Andean Tectonics addresses the geological evolution of the Andes Mountains, the prime global example of subduction-related mountain building. The Andes forms one of the most extensive mountain belts on Earth, spanning approximately an 8,000 km distance along the western edge of South America, from ~10°N to ~55°S. The tectonic history of the Andes involves a rich record of diverse geological processes, including crustal deformation, magmatism, sedimentary basin evolution, and climatic interactions. This book addresses the range of Andean tectonic processes and their temporal and spatial variations. This critical resource is ideal for researchers interested in the causes and consequences of Andean-type orogenesis and the long-term evolution of fold-thrust belts, magmatic arcs, and forearc and foreland basins. Evaluates the history of Andean mountain building over the past 250 million years (the Mesozoic and Cenozoic eras)Integrates recent results and provides new perspectives on the complementary records of deformation, magmatism and sedimentary basin evolution, along with their interactions in time and spaceProvides insights into the development of the northern, central and southern Andes, all of which have typically been considered in isolation INDICE: Part 1: NORTHERN ANDES 1. Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Colombian North Andes with constraints from plate tectonics, seismic reflection, and satellite geodesy 2. Cenozoic Growth of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, northern Colombia 3. The Goandwanides: a late Paleozoic orogen along the Andean protomargin 4. Provenance and exhumation of the eastern edge of the Colombian Eastern Cordillera 5. Jurassic-Cretaceous tectonic history, Ecuador and Colombia 6. Cenozoic thermochronology, Ecuador and Colombia 7. Accretionary history of Ecuador (multiple vs non-multiple accretions), and comparison with Colombia 8. Cenozoic provenance and depositional systems, Oriente basin, Ecuador Part 2: CENTRAL ANDES 9. The Andes of Peru 10. Mesozoic basin evolution, northern Peru 11. Sedimentary record and paleoelevation history, southern Peru 12. Tectonic evolution of the Late Paleozoic and Early Mesozoic accretionary complex of coastal Central Chile 13. Andean crustal structure delineated by GOCE and EGM08 gravimetric models 14. Structure and development of the Bolivian and northern Argentina Sub Andean Belt 15. Tectonic evolution of the western Pampean flat segment 16. The Miocene Santa Maria Conglomerate: implications for tectonics of the Aconcagua region 17. Tectonic evolution of the Aconcagua fold and thrust belt Part 3: SOUTHERN ANDES 18. Tectonic evolution of the Malargüe fold and thrust belt 19. Cenozoic magmatism in the Southern Central and Patagonian Andes 20. Provenance of the Southern Central and Patagonian Andes units 21. Structure and tectonic evolution of the North Patagonian fold and thrust belt 22. Structure and tectonic evolution of the central Patagonian fold and thrust belt and intraplate Patagonia 23. Geological segmentation of Patagonia associated with changes in subducted ocean bathymetry 24. Structure and tectonic evolution of the South Patagonian fold and thrust belt
- ISBN: 978-0-12-816009-1
- Editorial: Elsevier
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 500
- Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2019
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés