Seismic ridge subduction and topography: Foreland deformation in the Patagonian Andes

• Published in: Tectonophysics
• Main Author: Ramos, Victor Alberto
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Science
• Subjects: ANDES; DEFORMATION; PATAGONIA; RIDGE COLLISION; RIDGE SUBDUCTION; UPLIFT; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Patagonia; Pacific; Ramos; Ice cap
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/92808

The Patagonian Andes recorded several episodes of active ridge subduction in the last 80 million years. An analysis of the spatial and temporal relation between the present segment of collision of the Chile ridge and the digital topography of the foreland shows a correlation with the beginning of de...