The Evolution of the Chilean-Argentinean Andes

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxv

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2. Crustal and Seismic Structure of the Chilean Fore-Arc

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Structure and Tectonics of the Chilean Convergent Margin from Wide-Angle Seismic Studies: A Review

      • Eduardo Contreras-Reyes

      Pages 3-29

   3. The Geometry of the Continental Wedge and Its Relation to the Rheology and Seismicity of the Chilean Interplate Boundary

      • Andrei Maksymowicz, Andres Tassara

      Pages 31-58

   4. The Peru-Chile Margin from Global Gravity Field Derivatives

      • Orlando Álvarez, Mario Giménez, Federico Lince Klinger, Andrés Folguera, Carla Braitenberg

      Pages 59-79

3. The Paleozoic Evolution of the Chilean-Argentinean Margin

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81

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   2. Paleogeographic and Kinematic Constraints in the Tectonic Evolution of the Pre-Andean Basement Blocks

      • Augusto E. Rapalini, Silvana E. Geuna, Pablo R. Franceschinis, Cecilia M. Spagnuolo

      Pages 83-109

   3. The Pre-Andean Phases of Construction of the Southern Andes Basement in Neoproterozoic–Paleozoic Times

      • Nemesio Heredia, Joaquín García-Sansegundo, Gloria Gallastegui, Pedro Farias, Raúl Giacosa, Fernando Hongn et al.

      Pages 111-131

   4. The Famatinian Orogen Along the Protomargin of Western Gondwana: Evidence for a Nearly Continuous Ordovician Magmatic Arc Between Venezuela and Argentina

      • Victor A. Ramos

      Pages 133-161

4. The Early Andean Arc in the Chilean-Argentinean Margin

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163

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   2. The Early Stages of the Magmatic Arc in the Southern Central Andes

      • Verónica Oliveros, Javiera González, Mauricio Espinoza Vargas, Paulina Vásquez, Pablo Rossel, Christian Creixell et al.

      Pages 165-190

   3. A Provenance Analysis from the Lower Jurassic Units of the Neuquén Basin. Volcanic Arc or Intraplate Magmatic Input?

      • Maximiliano Naipauer, Ezequiel García Morabito, Marcelo Manassero, Victor V. Valencia, Victor A. Ramos

      Pages 191-222

5. The Early Andean Phases in the Chilean-Argentinean Margin

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 223-223

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   2. The Jurassic Paleogeography of South America from Paleomagnetic Data

      • María Paula Iglesia Llanos

      Pages 225-243

   3. Lower Jurassic to Early Paleogene Intraplate Contraction in Central Patagonia

      • César R. Navarrete, Guido M. Gianni, Andrés Echaurren, Andrés Folguera

      Pages 245-271

   4. Mechanisms and Episodes of Deformation Along the Chilean–Pampean Flat-Slab Subduction Segment of the Central Andes in Northern Chile

      • Fernando Martínez, César Arriagada, Sebastián Bascuñán

      Pages 273-290

   5. Cretaceous Orogeny and Marine Transgression in the Southern Central and Northern Patagonian Andes: Aftermath of a Large-Scale Flat-Subduction Event?

      • Guido M. Gianni, Andrés Echaurren, Lucas Fennell, César R. Navarrete, Paulo Quezada, Jonathan Tobal et al.

      Pages 291-328

   6. Tectonic Rotations Along the Western Central Andes

      • César Arriagada

      Pages 329-341

   7. Paleogene Arc-Related Volcanism in the Southern Central Andes and North Patagonia (39°–41° S)

      • Sofía B. Iannelli, Lucía Fernández Paz, Vanesa D. Litvak, Rosemary E. Jones, Miguel E. Ramos, Andrés Folguera et al.

      Pages 343-359

6. The Late Andean Stages in the Chilean-Argentinean Margin

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 361-361

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This book describes the Mesozoic to Cenozoic evolution of the Chilean and Argentinean Andes. The book is structured from a historical perspective concentrating on specific processes explained in each chapter. The chapters cover dynamic subsidence; neotectonics; magmatism; long and short term deformation; spatial development of ancient orogenic processes that control Andean reactivations; relation between ocean bathymetry and deformation. Sources of detritus through Andean construction are discussed by specialists from both sides of the Southern Andes. This book provides up-to-date reviews, maps, evolutionary schemes and extensive reference lists useful for geoscientists and students in Earth Science fields.

• Chilean and Argentinean Andes
• Fold and Thrust Belt
• Volcanic Arc
• Mesozoic-Cenozoic Evolution
• Andean Evolution

• Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

  Andrés Folguera, María Paula Iglesia Llanos, Maximiliano Naipauer

• Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

  Eduardo Contreras-Reyes, Andrei Maksymowicz, César Arriagada

• Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, Madrid, Spain

  Nemesio Heredia

• Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile

  Alfonso Encinas, Verónica Oliveros

• Instituto de Estudios Andinos (IDEAN), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

  Sofía B. Iannelli, Vanesa D. Litvak

• CICTERRA, CONICET—FCEFyN—Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina

  Federico M. Dávila, Gilda Collo

• Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Ianiglia, Mendoza, Argentina

  Laura Giambiagi

• Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad de Bahía Blanca, Bahía Blanca, Argentina

  Martín Turienzo

• Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad de Río Negro, Río Negro, Argentina

  Darío Orts

• Instituto Geofisico Sismológico Ing. Volponi (IGSV), Universidad de San Juan, San Juan, Argentina

  Orlando Alvarez

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.

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