Tectonic segmentation across Patagonia controlled by the subduction of oceanic fracture zones

A set of fracture zones left by transform faults segmenting the active Chile Ridge that separates the Nazca and Antarctica Plates has been subducting beneath western Patagonia in the last 18 Myr. The subduction direction of these fractures zones has remained almost unaltered during this time lapse s...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Geodynamics
Main Authors: Orts, Darío Leandro, Alvarez Pontoriero, Orlando, Zaffarana, Claudia Beatriz, Gimenez, Mario Ernesto, Ruiz, Francisco, Folguera Telichevsky, Andres
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects:
FRACTURE ZONES
PATAGONIA
ANDEAN DEFORMATION
ANDES
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
Patagonia
Argentina
Alvarez
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/147021

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