[HTML][HTML] Andean mountain building since the Late Cretaceous: A paleoelevation reconstruction

LM Boschman - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Mountain building in the Andes, the longest continental mountain range on Earth, started in
the Late Cretaceous but was highly diachronous. Reconstructing the timing of surface uplift …

Massive Jurassic slab break-off revealed by a multidisciplinary reappraisal of the Chon Aike silicic large igneous province

C Navarrete, G Gianni, S Tassara, C Zaffarana… - Earth-Science …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The origin of the Chon Aike silicic large igneous province (SLIP) is a matter of intense
debate, with contrasting hypotheses that range from intraplate settings linked to mantle …

The importance of the Andes in the evolutionary radiation of Sigmodontinae (Rodentia, Cricetidae), the most diverse group of mammals in the Neotropics

P Vallejos-Garrido, K Pino, N Espinoza-Aravena… - Scientific Reports, 2023‏ - nature.com
The Andean mountains stand out for their striking species richness and endemicity that
characterize many emblematic Neotropical clades distributed in or around these mountains …

The South Shetland Islands, Antarctica: Lithostratigraphy and geological map

J Bastías, D Chew, C Villanueva, T Riley… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2023‏ - frontiersin.org
Over the last few decades, numerous geological studies have been carried out in the South
Shetland Islands, which have greatly contributed to a better understanding of its geological …

Seismotectonic and gravimetric analysis of the central Neuquén Basin

S Correa-Otto, G Gianni, M Giménez… - Journal of South …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Understanding the seismotectonics in the foreland region of orogenic belts is crucial for
several reasons. Firstly, it allows us to infer stress conditions and structural controls in distant …

[HTML][HTML] Review of the Spider Genus Linothele (Mygalomorphae, Dipluridae) from Ecuador—An Exceptional Case of Speciation in the Andes

N Dupérré, E Tapia, JE Bond - Arthropoda, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
The genus Linothele (Araneae: Dipluridae) from Ecuador is reviewed. A total of 38 new
species are described; from the Andes: L. alausi n. sp.(♀), L. anabellecitae n. sp.(♀♂), L …

Cretaceous magmatism in the Antarctic Peninsula and its tectonic implications

J Bastias, R Spikings, T Riley… - Journal of the …, 2023‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Periods of cessation, resumption and enhanced arc activity are recorded in the Cretaceous
igneous rocks of the Antarctic Peninsula. We present new geochronological (laser ablation …

Andean evolution, orogenic deformation and uplift of the Western Cordillera and Altiplano of southern Peru, northern Bolivia and Chile: Eocene-Oligocene lithospheric …

V Carlotto, G Carlier, P Van Heiningen… - Journal of South …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Highlights•The Arequipa rift back-arc basin controlled by three major graben-bounding fault
systems.•They were the favourable places for tectonic inversion, shortening, thickening and …

How much did the Colombian Andes rise by the collision of the Caribbean oceanic plateau?

S León, G Monsalve… - Geophysical Research …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
The quantification of topographic growth at convergent margins is of primary importance to
assessing the linkages between tectonic processes and landscape evolution. Traditionally …

Elevational Goldilocks zone underlies the exceptional diversity of a large lizard radiation (Liolaemus; Liolaemidae)

A Skeels, D Esquerré, D Lipsky, L Pellissier… - …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
Mountains are among the most biodiverse regions on the planet, and how these landforms
shape diversification through the interaction of biological traits and geo-climatic dynamics is …