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Subduction dynamics and the origin of Andean orogeny and the Bolivian orocline

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  • F. A. Capitanio

    (School of Geosciences, Monash University, Clayton, 3800 Victoria, Australia)

  • C. Faccenna

    (Universitá Roma Tre, 00146 Rome, Italy)

  • S. Zlotnik

    (School of Geosciences, Monash University, Clayton, 3800 Victoria, Australia
    School of Mathematical Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, 3800 Victoria, Australia
    Laboratori de Calcul Numeric, Departament de Matematica Aplicada III, UPC-Barcelona Tech, Jordi Girona 1-3 E-08034 Barcelona, Spain)

  • D. R. Stegman

    (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, California 92093-0220, USA)

Abstract

Upping the Andes Subduction of old and heavy oceanic lithosphere provides the fundamental forces of plate motions and deformations on our planet. Yet how these drive continental tectonics to form giant mountain belts, such as the Andes, is still not fully explained by plate tectonic theory. Capitanio et al. use three-dimensional numerical modelling to demonstrate that the subduction of the older Nazca oceanic plate below the Central Andes can explain the locally thickened crust and higher elevations. This suggests that the rise of the Central Andes and orocline formation are directly related to the local increase of Nazca plate age and the present-day age gradients, which may also explain the enigmatic delay in the formation of the modern Andes.

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  • F. A. Capitanio & C. Faccenna & S. Zlotnik & D. R. Stegman, 2011. "Subduction dynamics and the origin of Andean orogeny and the Bolivian orocline," Nature, Nature, vol. 480(7375), pages 83-86, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:480:y:2011:i:7375:d:10.1038_nature10596
    DOI: 10.1038/nature10596
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    1. Jiashun Hu & Lijun Liu & Michael Gurnis, 2021. "Southward expanding plate coupling due to variation in sediment subduction as a cause of Andean growth," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-9, December.

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