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Title
Geodynamic evolution of the Southernmost Andes [electronic resource] : connections with the Scotia Arc / Matías C. Ghiglione, editor.
ISBN
9783319397276 (electronic book)
3319397273 (electronic book)
9783319397252
Published
Switzerland : Springer, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (x, 206 pages) : illustrations.
Call Number
QE501
Dewey Decimal Classification
551.1
Summary
This book focuses on the strong relation between the tectonic evolution of the Southernmost Andes and their closest southern neighbors, the Scotia Sea and Antarctica. Some episodes are related to processes of global significance such as the opening of the Drake Passage, which is somehow linked to Late Cenozoic cooling. Many of the topics covered in the book are subjects of heated debates; as such, not only the latest data and approaches are presented, but different points of view as well. The chapters examine the interrelation between main geodynamic processes and plate tectonics from a multidisciplinary perspective. This Paleozoic-Cenozoic geodynamic evolution of the Southernmost Andes involved interrelated metamorphic, magmatic, sedimentary, and deformational processes directed by plate tectonics. The main topics cover the evolution of the Rocas Verdes basin and the Cordillera Darwin high-grade metamorphic complex, growth of the Patagonian Batholith, development of the Patagonian Orocline, the opening of the Drake Passage during growth of the Scotia Sea, evolution of the Austral-Magallanes foreland basin and its related fold and thrust belt.
Note
Includes index.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 15, 2016).
Series
Springer earth system sciences.
Metamorphic Complexes and Rocas Verdes Marginal Basin
The Southernmost Andes During the Opening of the Weddell Sea and the Atlantic Ocean
Magmatic Evolution of the Southernmost Andes and its Relation with Subduction Processes
Structural Evolution of the Magallanes Fold and Thrust Belt
Progression of Deformation and Sedimentation in the Context of Tectonic Reconstructions
Seismotectonics and Fault Kinematics in the Southernmost Andes and the North Scotia Ridge
Kinematic Evolution of the Patagonian Orocline
Geodynamic Processes and Plate Tectonics in the Southernmost Andes and the Scotia Sea.