Orogenic Growth of the Fuegian Andes (52–56°) and Their Relation to Tectonics of the Scotia Arc

• Main Author: Ghiglione, Matias
• Other Authors: Folguera Telichevsky, Andres, Naipauer, Maximiliano, Sagripanti, Lucía, Orts, Darío Leandro, Giambiagi, Laura Beatriz
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: Fueguian Andes; Patagonian Andes; Scotia Arc; Antarctica; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Weddell Sea; Austral; Patagonia; Drake Passage; Scotia Sea; Weddell; Magallanes; Rocas; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/98407

The tectonic evolution of the Fuegian Andes is strongly related to their southern neighbors, the Scotia Sea and Antarctica. During Mesozoic times, extensional and magmatic processes in the southernmost Andes developed in continuity with the Antarctic Peninsula. The Rocas Verdes back-arc oceanic basi...