The westward lithospheric drift, its role on the subduction and transform zones surrounding Americas: Andean to cordilleran orogenic types cyclicity

The westward lithospheric drift, its role on the subduction and transform zones surrounding Americas: Andean to cordilleran orogenic types cyclicity

We investigate the effect of the westerly rotation of the lithosphere on the active margins that surround the Americas and find good correlations between the inferred easterly-directed mantle counterflow and the main structural grain and kinematics of the Andes and Sandwich arc slabs. In the Andes,...

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Main Authors: Eugenio Aragón, Fernando D′Eramo, Marco Cuffaro, Carlo Doglioni, Eleonora Ficini, Lucio Pinotti, Silvina Nacif, Manuel Demartis, Irene Hernando, Tomás Fuentes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-07-01
Series:Geoscience Frontiers
Subjects:
Lithospheric drift
Converging hinge
Diverging hinge
Slab rollbakc
Terranes
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S167498711930221X

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