The Andes are the world's most biodiverse mountain chain, encompassing a complex array
of ecosystems from tropical rainforests to alpine habitats. We provide a synthesis of Andean …

Integration of regional stratigraphic relationships with data on sediment accumulation,
provenance, paleodrainage, and deformation timing enables a reconstruction of Mesozoic …

Construction of the Andes has been governed largely by fluctuating contractional, neutral,
and extensional tectonic regimes during differing degrees of mechanical coupling along the …

The largest tectonic relief breaking the Earth's surface (13 km vertically) is at the subduction
margin of the Andes, which generates routinely megathrust earthquakes (Mw> 8.5) and …

We discuss the relationships between Andean shortening, plate velocities at the trench, and
slab geometry beneath South America. Although some correlation exists between the …

A new view of Ecuador's complex geodynamics has been developed in the course of
modeling seismic source zones for probabilistic seismic hazard analysis. This study focuses …

This paper reviews the state of the art in the concept as well as in the application of sediment
budgets in sedimentary research. Sediments are a product of mass dispersal at the Earth …

A decrease in the ratio of 18O to 16O (δ18O) of sedimentary carbonate from the Bolivian
Altiplano has been interpreted to indicate rapid surface uplift of the late Miocene Andean …

Abstract The Chilean Coastal Cordillera features a spectacular climate and vegetation
gradient, ranging from arid and unvegetated areas in the north to humid and forested areas …

Spatially extensive paleoelevation records of the Altiplano plateau are critical to determining
the geodynamic mechanisms that formed and support high elevations over a broad area …