Constraints on the Neogene growth of the central Patagonian Andes at the latitude of the Chile triple junction (45–47°S) using U/Pb geochronology in synorogenic strata

• Published in: Tectonophysics
• Main Authors: Folguera Telichevsky, Andres, Encinas, Alfonso, Echaurren Gonzalez, Andres, Gianni, Guido Martin, Orts, Darío Leandro, Valencia, Víctor, Carrasco, Gabriel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Science
• Subjects: NEOGENE UPLIFT; PATAGONIAN ANDES; SYNOROGENIC STRATA; U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Patagonia; Drake Passage; Argentina; Gonzalez; Pablo; San Bernardo; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice cap
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/88399

Desertification of Central Patagonia began between ~14–12 Ma and therefore was not directly connected to the opening of the Drake Passage and initial conformation of the Antarctica ice cap in early Miocene times. Local processes, in particular the uplift of the Southern Andes, seem to have played a...