Growth of the Southern Andes. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Andrés Folguera, Maximiliano Naipauer, Lucía Sagripanti, Matías C. Ghiglione, Darío L. Orts, Laura Giambiagi, editors.
• Editors: Folguera, Andrés; Naipauer, Maximiliano; Sagripanti, Lucía; Ghiglione, Matías C; Orts, Darío L; Giambiagi, L. B
• Contents: Contributors; 1 An Introduction to the Southern Andes (33 -- 50̊S): Book Structure; 1 Introduction; 2 The Andean Segmentation; 3 Morphostructural Provinces; 4 Structure of the Book; Acknowledgements; References; 2 Density and Thermal Structure of the Southern Andes and Adjacent Foreland from 32̊ to 55̊S Using Earth Gravity Field Models; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Main Morphostructural Units of the Southern Andes ; 3 The Topography-Reduced Gravity Anomaly (Ga); 4 The Topography Corrected Vertical Gravity Gradient (Tzz); 5 Isostatic Modeling; 6 Effective Elastic Thickness; 7 Results. Acknowledgements; References; 3 Changes in Source Areas at Neuqu00E9n Basin: Mesozoic Evolution and Tectonic Setting Based on U -- Pb Ages on Zircons; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Geological Background; 3 Precambrian and Paleozoic Basement Regions; 4 Meso-Cenozoic Sedimentary and Volcanic Deposits of the Neuqu00E9n Basin; 5 Provenance and U -- Pb Data Background in the Neuqu00E9n Basin; 6 Rift Stage; 7 Retroarc -- Sag Stage; 8 Foreland Stage; 9 Detrital Zircon Record and Tectonic Setting; 10 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References. 4 Cenozoic Orogenic Evolution of the Southern Central Andes (32 -- 36̊S); Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Tectonic Setting; 2.1 Paleozoic Tectonics; 2.2 Mesozoic Tectonics; 2.3 Cenozoic Tectonics; 3 Morpho-Tectonic Provinces and Deformation of the Andes Between 32̊ and 36̊S; 3.1 Coastal Range; 3.2 Central Depression; 3.3 Principal Cordillera; 3.4 Frontal Cordillera; 3.5 Southern Precordillera; 3.6 Cerrilladas Pedemontanas; 3.7 San Rafael Block; 3.8 Sierras Pampeanas; 4 Neogene-Quaternary Basins; 4.1 Forearc Basins; 4.2 Intermontain Basins; 4.3 Foreland Basins; 4.4 Extra-Andean Basins. 5 Cenozoic Tectonic Evolution; 5.1 The Late Cretaceous-Paleocene Deformational Event; 5.2 The Eocene -- early Miocene Extensional Event; 5.3 The early Miocene (21 -- 16 Ma) -- Major Shortening Event in Principal Cordillera; 5.4 The middle Miocene (15 -- 11 Ma) Eastward Volcanic Migration; 5.5 The late Miocene (10 -- 6 Ma): Uplift of the Southern Precordillera; 5.6 The Pliocene (5 -- 2.5 Ma) Foreland Deformation; 5.7 The Quaternary (2.5 -- 0 Ma); 6 Discussion; 6.1 Causes of Latitudinal Variations in Topographic Uplift, Shortening and Slab Geometry; 7 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References. 5 The Transitional Zone Between the Southern Central and Northern Patagonian Andes (36 -- 39̊S); Abstract; 1 Introduction and Geological Setting; 2 The Agrio and Southern Chos Malal Fold and Thrust Belts; 3 The Northern Guañacos and Malargüe Fold and Thrust Belts; 4 Structural Evolution of the Retroarc Zone at the Transition Between the Southern Central and Patagonian Andes (36̊ -- 39̊S); Acknowledgements; References; 6 Progression of the Deformation in the Southern Central Andes (37̊S); Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Cordillera Del Viento Area; 3 Tromen Volcanic Plateau; 4 Sierra de Reyes Area.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 558; Geography; Geology -- Andes; Earth sciences -- Latin America; SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- General; Earth sciences; Geology; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geography; Geological surface processes (geomorphology); Andes; Latin America; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319230603; 3319230603
• Related ISBNs: 331923059X; 9783319230597
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 10, 2015).
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