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This book presents recent findings on the structure and evolution of the Southern Andes. Through a detailed description of a series of orogenic segments reviewed by the different groups that have worked with structural and geophysical tools in each area over the last several years, it illustrates the diversity of mechanisms that have impacted strong orogenic gradients and consequently mountain morphology, from the southern Pampean flat subduction zone to the southern tip of the continent (33-56º S). The book also revises our conventional understanding of the source of the different Mesozoic to Cenozoic sections exhumed in the orogenic wedge, with the objective of discussing basin mechanisms through time. A final chapter discusses probable orogenic controls that have acted together in order to explain structure, the different deformational stages and intra-orogenic extensional collapses that affected the fold and thrust belt over time.
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Springer Earth System Sciences Andrés Folguera Maximiliano Naipauer Lucía Sagripanti Matías C. Ghiglione Darío L. Orts Laura Giambiagi Editors Growth of the Southern Andes Springer Earth System Sciences Series editors Philippe Blondel, Bath, UK Eric Guilyardi, Paris, France Jorge Rabassa, Ushuaia, Argentina Clive Horwood, Chichester, UK More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/10178 Andrés Folguera Maximiliano Naipauer Lucía Sagripanti Matías C. Ghiglione Darío L. Orts Laura Giambiagi • • • Editors Growth of the Southern Andes 123 Editors Andrés Folguera Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales Instituto de Estudios Andinos “Don Pablo Groeber” UBA-CONICET Buenos Aires Argentina Maximiliano Naipauer Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales Instituto de Estudios Andinos “Don Pablo Groeber” UBA-CONICET Buenos Aires Argentina Lucía Sagripanti Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales Instituto de Estudios Andinos “Don Pablo Groeber” UBA-CONICET Buenos Aires Argentina ISSN 2197-9596 Springer Earth System Sciences ISBN 978-3-319-23059-7 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-23060-3 Matías C. Ghiglione Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales Instituto de Estudios Andinos “Don Pablo Groeber” UBA-CONICET Buenos Aires Argentina Darío L. Orts Instituto de Investigación en Paleobiología y Geología, Universidad Nacional de Río Negro—CONICET General Roca (Río Negro) Argentina Laura Giambiagi Centro Regional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas IANIGLA, CCT Mendoza Mendoza Argentina ISSN 2197-960X (electronic) ISBN 978-3-319-23060-3 (eBook) Library of Congress Control Number: 2015954348 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither t