Deformation of the central Andean upper plate system—Facts, fiction, and constraints for plateau models

O Oncken, D Hindle, J Kley, K Elger, P Victor… - The Andes: Active …, 2006‏ - Springer
We quantitatively analyse the spatial pattern of deformation partitioning and of temporal
accumulation of deformation in the Central Andes (15–26° S) with the aim of identifying …

Style and history of Andean deformation, Puna plateau, northwestern Argentina

I Coutand, PR Cobbold, M de Urreiztieta, P Gautier… - …, 2001‏ - Wiley Online Library
Topographically, the Puna plateau of northwestern Argentina is the southern continuation of
the Bolivian Altiplano. Its thickening and consecutive uplift result from the Andean orogeny …

Paleogene building of the Bolivian Orocline: Tectonic restoration of the central Andes in 2‐D map view

C Arriagada, P Roperch, C Mpodozis, PR Cobbold - Tectonics, 2008‏ - Wiley Online Library
Using available information on the magnitude and age of tectonic shortening, as well as
paleomagnetically determined tectonic rotations, we have run a series of 2‐D map view …

Distribution, timing, and causes of Andean deformation across South America

PR Cobbold, EA Rossello, P Roperch, C Arriagada… - 2007‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Andean Orogeny in South America has lasted over 100 Ma. It comprises the
Peruvian, Incaic and Quechuan phases. The Nazca and South American plates have been …

Counterclockwise rotation of late Eocene–Oligocene fore‐arc deposits in southern Peru and its significance for oroclinal bending in the central Andes

P Roperch, T Sempere, O Macedo, C Arriagada… - …, 2006‏ - Wiley Online Library
The results of a paleomagnetic study along the fore arc of southern Peru (15–18° S) and
northern Chile (18–19° S) are reported from middle to late Miocene ignimbrites (7 sites), late …

[كتاب][B] The Andes: active subduction orogeny

O Oncken, G Chong, G Franz, P Giese, HJ Götze… - 2006‏ - books.google.com
Convergent plate margins and subduction zones are first order features sha** the Earth.
Convergent continental margins combine the majority of processes that affect the internal …

Growth of the Central Andean Plateau by tectonic segmentation is controlled by the gradient in crustal shortening

U Riller, O Oncken - The Journal of Geology, 2003‏ - journals.uchicago.edu
Crustal deformation, orocline formation, and growth of the central Andean plateau as well as
the mutual relations of these processes with climate are a matter of international debate …

Structure and Cenozoic kinematics of the Eastern Cordillera, southern Bolivia (21 S)

JP Müller, J Kley, V Jacobshagen - Tectonics, 2002‏ - Wiley Online Library
The Eastern Cordillera is a main morphotectonic unit of the central Andes. In southern
Bolivia it is predominantly composed of Ordovician sedimentary rocks as thick as 10 km …

Bending the Bolivian orocline in real time

RW Allmendinger, R Smalley Jr, M Bevis… - …, 2005‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Global positioning system (GPS) data from the central Andes record vertical axis rotations
that are consistently counterclockwise in Peru and Bolivia north of the bend in the mountain …

Tectonics, climate, and landscape evolution of the southern central Andes: the Argentine Puna Plateau and adjacent regions between 22 and 30 S

RN Alonso, B Bookhagen, B Carrapa, I Coutand… - The Andes: active …, 2006‏ - Springer
The history of the Puna Plateau and its marginal basins and ranges in the Eastern Cordillera
and the northern Sierras Pampeanas structural provinces in northwestern Argentina …