Chile is an elongated country, running in a north-south direction for more than 30° along a
subduction zone. Its climate is progressively wetter and colder from north to south. This …

Shortening of the continental lithosphere is generally accommodated by the growth of
crustal wedges building above megathrusts in the mantle lithosphere. We show that the …

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

Located along the west coast of subtropical South America, the Atacama Desert features an
extremely dry climate in sharp contrast with relatively wet conditions over the Central Andes …

We document a crustal‐scale structural model for the central Chile Andes based on
seismicity and surface geology, which consists in a major east verging ramp‐detachment …

In March 2015 unusual ocean and atmospheric conditions produced many years' worth of
rainfall in a~ 48 h period over northern Chile's Atacama Desert, one of Earth's driest regions …

The western flank of the Central Andean Plateau is a crustal‐scale monoclinal fold,
expressed in the geomorphology and in the westward tilt of fore‐arc basin strata. Data from …

Abstract The Atacama Desert has experienced a long and protracted period of hyperaridity
that has resulted in what may be the most unusual biome on Earth, but the duration of this …

The central Andes of Bolivia, northern Chile, and northwestern Argentina provide a unique
natural laboratory for understanding cordilleran mountain belts. Rapid convergence …

Abstract The Central Andes between 18° S and 36° S latitude strike north-south for 2000 km
along the Chilean subduction margin, cross several climate zones from hyperarid to humid …