The Andes (frontiers In Earth Sciences)

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This book will provide the first comprehensive overview of a complete subduction orogen, the Andes (considered to represent the type subduction belt on Earth), integrating the results from a wide variety of methods. For example, our results provide the so far densest and most highly resolved geophysical image of an active subduction orogen. Dense geodetic data and a range of geological observations complement these results. These all contribute towards a process-oriented understanding of the mechanisms driving subduction orogeny in its various manifestations. We plan to provide the results which were accumulated during 12 years of integrated research, by covering all fields of Earth Sciences in the various contributions to the volume, in a range of formats including a CD-Rom with maps, geological sections, geophysical results and a data depository. These may be complemented by an existing web site that will be further developed in close contact with the planned book.

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Frontiers in Earth Sciences Series Editors: J. P. Brun, O. Oncken, H. Weissert, C. Dullo Onno Oncken Guillermo Chong Gerhard Franz Peter Giese Hans-Jürgen Götze Victor A. Ramos Manfred R. Strecker Peter Wigger (Editors) The Andes Active Subduction Orogeny With 287 Figures, 159 in color Editors Onno Oncken Hans-Jürgen Götze Department 3 Geodynamik GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany [email protected] Abteilung Geophysik, Institut für Geowissenschaften Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel Otto-Hahn-Platz 1, 24118 Kiel, Germany [email protected] Guillermo Chong Victor A. Ramos Departamento de Geología Universidad Católica del Norte Avenida Angamos 610, Antofagasta, Chile [email protected] Departamento Ciencias Geológicas Universidad de Buenos Aires Ciudad Universitaria, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina [email protected] Gerhard Franz Manfred R. Strecker Petrologie, Institut für Angewandte Geowissenschaften Technische Universität Berlin Ernst-Reuter-Platz 1, 10587 Berlin, Germany [email protected] Institut für Geowissenschaften Universität Potsdam Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24, 14476 Potsdam, Germany [email protected] Peter Giese Peter Wigger Fachrichtung Geophysik, Institut für Geologische Wissenschaften Freie Universität Berlin Malteserstrasse 74–100, 12249 Berlin, Germany [email protected] Cover figure: Bathymetry data: Smith WHF, Sandwell DT (1997) Global seafloor topography from satellite altimetry and ship depth soundings. Science 277:1957–1962. Topography data: SRTM30 NASA. Induction arrows from the South Chilean margin (see Fig. 8.8 of this volume). Seismogram from a North Chilean subduction zone earthquake (recorded 2005 by P. Wigger). Library of Congress Control Number: 2006933828 ISSN ISBN-10 ISBN-13 1863-4621 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York
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