The Andes

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XXII

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2. The Big Picture

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Deformation of the Central Andean Upper Plate System — Facts, Fiction, and Constraints for Plateau Models

      • Onno Oncken, David Hindle, Jonas Kley, Kirsten Elger, Pia Victor, Kerstin Schemmann

      Pages 3-27

   3. The Time-Space Distribution of Cenozoic Volcanism in the South-Central Andes: a New Data Compilation and Some Tectonic Implications

      • Robert B. Trumbull, Ulrich Riller, Onno Oncken, Ekkehard Scheuber, Kerstin Munier, Fernando Hongn

      Pages 29-43

   4. Crustal Evolution at the Central Andean Continental Margin: a Geochemical Record of Crustal Growth, Recycling and Destruction

      • Gerhard Franz, Friedrich Lucassen, Wolfgang Kramer, Robert B. Trumbull, Rolf L. Romer, Hans-Gerhard Wilke et al.

      Pages 45-64

   5. Long-Term Signals in the Present-Day Deformation Field of the Central and Southern Andes and Constraints on the Viscosity of the Earth’s Upper Mantle

      • Jürgen Klotz, Amir Abolghasem, Giorgi Khazaradze, Bertram Heinze, Tim Vietor, Ron Hackney et al.

      Pages 65-89

   6. Tectonic Processes along the Chile Convergent Margin

      • César R. Ranero, Roland von Huene, Wilhelm Weinrebe, Christian Reichert

      Pages 91-121

3. Elements of the Subduction System

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 123-123

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   2. Oblique Convergence along the Chilean Margin: Partitioning, Margin-Parallel Faulting and Force Interaction at the Plate Interface

      • Arne Hoffmann-Rothe, Nina Kukowski, Georg Dresen, Helmut Echtler, Onno Oncken, Jürgen Klotz et al.

      Pages 125-146

   3. Seismic Images of Accretive and Erosive Subduction Zones from the Chilean Margin

      • Christof Sick, Mi-Kyung Yoon, Klaus Rauch, Stefan Buske, Stefan Lüth, Manuel Araneda et al.

      Pages 147-169

   4. Geophysical Signatures and Active Tectonics at the South-Central Chilean Margin

      • Charlotte M. Krawczyk, James Mechie, Stefan Lüth, Zuzana Tašárová, Peter Wigger, Manfred Stiller et al.

      Pages 171-192

   5. Latitudinal Variation in Sedimentary Processes in the Peru-Chile Trench off Central Chile

      • David Völker, Michael Wiedicke, Stefan Ladage, Christoph Gaedicke, Christian Reichert, Klaus Rauch et al.

      Pages 193-216

   6. Subduction Erosion — the “Normal” Mode of Fore-Arc Material Transfer along the Chilean Margin?

      • Nina Kukowski, Onno Oncken

      Pages 217-236

   7. Subduction Channel Evolution in Brittle Fore-Arc Wedges — a Combined Study with Scaled Sandbox Experiments, Seismological and Reflection Seismic Data and Geological Field Evidence

      • Jo Lohrmann, Nina Kukowski, Charlotte M. Krawczyk, Onno Oncken, Christof Sick, Monika Sobiesiak et al.

      Pages 237-262

4. Tectonics and Surface Processes — Responses to Change

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 263-264

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   2. Tectonics, Climate, and Landscape Evolution of the Southern Central Andes: the Argentine Puna Plateau and Adjacent Regions between 22 and 30°S

      • Ricardo N. Alonso, Bodo Bookhagen, Barbara Carrapa, Isabelle Coutand, Michael Haschke, George E. Hilley et al.

      Pages 265-283

   3. Exhumation and Basin Development Related to Formation of the Central Andean Plateau, 21° S

      • Ekkehard Scheuber, Dorothee Mertmann, Harald Ege, Patricio Silva-González, Christoph Heubeck, Klaus-Joachim Reutter et al.

      Pages 285-301

   4. The Salar de Atacama Basin: a Subsiding Block within the Western Edge of the Altiplano-Puna Plateau

      • Klaus-J. Reutter, Reynaldo Charrier, Hans-J. Götze, Bernd Schurr, Peter Wigger, Ekkehard Scheuber et al.

      Pages 303-325

   5. Upper-Crustal Structure of the Central Andes Inferred from Dip Curvature Analysis of Isostatic Residual Gravity

      • Ulrich Riller, Hans-Jürgen Götze, Sabine Schmidt, Robert B. Trumbull, Fernando Hongn, Ivan Alejandro Petrinovic

      Pages 327-336

   6. Central and Southern Andean Tectonic Evolution Inferred from Arc Magmatism

      • Michael Haschke, Andreas Günther, Daniel Melnick, Helmut Echtler, Klaus-Joachim Reutter, Ekkehard Scheuber et al.

      Pages 337-353

Convergent plate margins and subduction zones are first order features shaping the Earth. Convergent continental margins combine the majority of processes that affect the internal architecture thermal and geochemical character of continental lith- phere. In addition, the close relationships between active deformation and uplift, m- matism and associated crustal growth, ore formation, the release of more than 90% of global seismic energy at convergent margins, make these plate boundaries imp- tant natural laboratories where mass and energy flux rates can be studied at various scales. Since the advent of plate tectonic theory, it has been recognized that all of these phenomena are intimately related and often governed by feedback mechanisms. Accordingly, subduction orogeny has become an international, high-priority theme in process-oriented, earth-system analysis. In this context, Dewey and Bird (1970) have defined the Andes as the type representative for orogeny and associated p- cessesat convergent margins in their benchmark paper. The Andes, therefore, p- vide an excellent natural laboratory for studying the above processes.

• Deformation
• Interaction tectonics and climate
• Neogen
• Plate boundary processes
• Plateau formation
• Scale
• Sediment
• Subduction orogeny
• erosion
• geologic mapping

From the reviews:

"This beautifully produced book is a comprehensive summary of the main findings and their implications in an easily accessible format. … Overall the book reflects the enormous investment in geophysical data represented by this long-term project, and the resulting geophysical interpretations of crustal structure and processes. … I recommend this book as an indispensable resource for serious researchers interested in the structure of this unique, active, subduction-related mountain system." (R. J. Pankhurst, Geological Magazine, Vol. 145, 2008)

• Department 3 Geodynamik, GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

  Onno Oncken

• Departamento de Geología, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile

  Guillermo Chong

• Petrologie, Institut für Angewandte Geowissenschaften, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

  Gerhard Franz

• Abteilung Geophysik, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Kiel, Germany

  Hans-Jürgen Götze

• Departamento Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

  Victor A. Ramos

• Institut für Geowissenschaften, Universität Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

  Manfred R. Strecker

• Fachrichtung Geophysik, Institut für Geologische Wissenschaften, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

  Peter Wigger

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