The causes of continental arc flare ups and drivers of episodic magmatic activity in Cordilleran orogenic systems

JB Chapman, JE Shields, MN Ducea, SR Paterson… - Lithos, 2021 - Elsevier
Continental arcs in Cordilleran orogenic systems display episodic changes in magma
production rate, alternating between flare ups (70–90 km 3 km− 1 Myr− 1) and lulls (< 20 km …

The origin and diversification of the hyperdiverse flora in the Chocó biogeographic region

OA Pérez-Escobar, E Lucas, C Jaramillo… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Extremely high levels of plant diversity in the American tropics are derived from multiple
interactions between biotic and abiotic factors. Previous studies have focused on macro …

Drainage and sedimentary response of the Northern Andes and the Pebas system to Miocene strike‐slip tectonics: A source to sink study of the Magdalena Basin

S Zapata, L Calderon‐Diaz, C Jaramillo… - Basin …, 2023 - earthdoc.org
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 …

Sedimentary record of the Cretaceous–Paleocene arc–continent collision in the northwestern Colombian Andes: Insights from stratigraphic and provenance …

A Pardo-Trujillo, A Cardona, AS Giraldo, S León… - Sedimentary …, 2020 - Elsevier
The collision of intra-oceanic arcs with continental margins is a primary factor controlling the
evolution, modification, and growth of continental crust. Syn-to post-collisional basins are …

Insights into Moho depth beneath the northwestern Andean region from gravity data inversion

DS Avellaneda-Jiménez, G Monsalve… - Geophysical Journal …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The complex Moho topography beneath the northwestern Andes is the result of multiple
geodynamic processes during the Cenozoic. To contribute to our understanding of the Moho …

Kinematics and convergent tectonics of the Northwestern South American plate during the Cenozoic

R González, O Oncken, C Faccenna… - Geochemistry …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The interaction of the northern Nazca and southwestern Caribbean oceanic plates with
northwestern South America (NWSA) and the collision of the Panama‐Choco arc (PCA) …

The effect of fault systems on volcanic activity: Insights from the subduction-related, Quaternary Villamaría-Termales monogenetic volcanic field in Colombia

LA Botero-Gómez, H Murcia… - Journal of Volcanology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Structural control of volcanic activity is a topic of great significance around volcanic fields,
mostly associated with risk management near cities. Structural geology provides valuable …

Long-term topographic growth and decay constrained by 3D thermo-kinematic modeling: Tectonic evolution of the Antioquia Altiplano, Northern Andes

S Zapata, M Zapata-Henao, A Cardona… - Global and Planetary …, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

Tectonostratigraphic evolution of a marginal basin during the transition from arc collision to subduction: The case of the northern Pacific forearc of Colombia

S León, M Parra, UM Marulanda… - Geological …, 2025 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The forearc of the northern Pacific region of Colombia (Atrato basin) initially formed in an
intra-oceanic setting related to the Central American arc, and its sedimentary record …

Contemporaneous Paleogene arc-magmatism within continental and accreted oceanic arc complexes in the northwestern Andes and Panama

ÁA Barbosa-Espitia, GD Kamenov, DA Foster… - Lithos, 2019 - Elsevier
The basement rocks of the northwestern Andes are composed of accreted, fault bound,
slivers of the Cretaceous Caribbean Large Igneous Province (CLIP). Previous geologic …