A review of the tectonic events recorded by sediments on the Andean continental margin of
northern Peru and Ecuador and on the accreted oceanic terranes of Ecuador, allows to …

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 …

We reject the notion of a Jurassic continental arc in eastern Mexico, termed the “Nazas arc,”
on geologic grounds. Instead, we propose that the Jurassic continental arc of the SW …

Abstract The Northern Andes are the result of multiple tectonic phases, which include
extensional and compressional volcanic arcs, strike-slip fragmentation, and accretion of …

The construction and destruction of mountain belts exert a first-order control in ecosystems
by creating bridges and barriers for populations, modifying river-drainage networks and …

Deformational field relations, compositional and U–Pb geochronological data of magmatic
rocks of the northwestern Colombian Andes provide insights to recognize the different pre to …

The quantification of topographic growth at convergent margins is of primary importance to
assessing the linkages between tectonic processes and landscape evolution. Traditionally …

New field and petrographic observations, whole-rock major-and trace-element geochemical
data, Nd and Sr isotope systematics and U-Pb SHRIMP zircon ages of the Peltetec …

Extensional and flexural basins can evolve through multiple stages under the same plate
tectonic regime over tens of millions of years. The Cretaceous tectonic evolution of the …

The Peltetec ophiolitic belt, exposed along the western margin of the Cordillera Real
(Ecuador), comprises tectonic slivers of metamorphosed (greenschist facies) and variably …