Stepwise Widening of the Central Andes—The Role of the Lower Crust
Abstract The outward growth of many orogens occurs through pulsed migration of the strain front. During Cenozoic shortening of the central Andes, the strain front abruptly migrated ∼400 km eastward across the Altiplano, isolating the plateau interior from major deformation. In contrast to the tradit...
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التنسيق: | مقال |
اللغة: | English |
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Wiley
2023-06-01
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سلاسل: | Geophysical Research Letters |
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الوصول للمادة أونلاين: | https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL103969 |