Includes a large selection of chapters, written by the leading geologists from Chile and Argentina

Discusses topics of high international interest

Provides up-to-date reviews, maps and evolutionary schemes as well as an extensive reference list

Autorentext
Professor Andreas Folguera is an independent researcher at the Universidad de Buenos Aires and a Professor in the Department of Geological Sciences. His research has revolved around the mechanisms and causes of the Andean orogenesis. He is the author of numerous books and articles in this field.

Inhalt
Preface.- 1.Crustal structure and tectonics of the Chilean continental margin from wide-angle seismic studies: a review.- 2. Crustal and thermal structure along the Chilean subduction margin from gravity data and their relation to short and long term segmentation: a review.- 3. The Peru-Chile margin revisited with global gravity field derivatives.- 4.The Pre-Andean phases of construction of the Southern Andes basement.- 5. The geometry of the subduction margin from paleomagnetic data: a review.- 6. The early stages of the volcanic arc in the Southern Andes.- 7. The early orogeny stages in the Southern Central and Patagonian Andes.- 8.The Mesozoic to Cenozoic structure and tectonic evolution of the Southern Patagonian Andes.-9. Andean and foreland Cenozoic sources during mountain growth evolution.- 10. The Cenozoic structure and tectonic evolution of the Southern Central Andes.- 11. The Cenozoic structure and tectonic evolution of the Northern Patagonian Andes.- 12. The origin of the Neogene transgressions during the Andean development.- 13. Landscape and tectonics of the Central Chilean Andes.- 14. Landscape and tectonics of the Northern Chilean Andes.- 15. The Neogene volcanic arc from the southern Altiplano to the Southern Central Andes.-16. Dynamic subsidence and uplift associated with the Pampean flat subduction zone.- 17.Thermal structure associated with the Pampean flat subduction zone.- 18. Architecture and evolution of the volcanic arc in the last 5 Ma along the Southern Central and Patagonian Andes.- 19.The late segmentation of the Southern Andes as a function of ocean bathymetry.