Global plate motion models provide a spatial and temporal framework for geological data
and have been effective tools for exploring processes occurring at the earth's surface …

A review of the post-Cambrian igneous, structural and metamorphic history of Patagonia,
largely revealed by a five-year programme of U–Pb zircon dating (32 samples), geochemical …

La historia jurásica de la parte austral de América del Sur muestra una evolución geológica
compleja, como resultado de diferentes procesos que comenzaron a lo largo del margen …

The Andes make up the largest orogenic system developed by subduction of oceanic crust
along a continental margin. Subduction began soon after the breakup of Rodinia in Late …

The analyses of the main parameters controlling the present Chile‐type and Marianas‐type
tectonic settings developed along the eastern Pacific region show four different tectonic …

The evolution of Patagonia as an independent and exotic microcontinent from the rest of
South America was a recurrent hypothesis since the XIX century, reaching notoriety during …

The Mesozoic opening history of the Southern Ocean between South America, Africa, and
Antarctica is one of the largest gaps in knowledge on the evolution of this region. Competing …

During evolution of the South Sandwich subduction zone, which has consumed South
American Plate oceanic lithosphere, somehow continental crust of both the South American …

A new set of rotations is presented that describes a refined model for the early opening of
the Weddell Sea between South America and Antarctica and the Mesozoic breakup of …

The opening of the South Atlantic in the Early Cretaceous was the final stage of the complex
rifting history of SW Gondwana. In this contribution we reassess the chronology of Mesozoic …