Antartic/Scotia plate convergence off southernmost Chile

• Main Authors: Polonia, A., Torelli, L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universitat de Barcelona 2007
• Subjects: Plate tectonics; Continental margin; Trench; Subduction complex; Tectonic accretion; Marine geology; The Toe; antartic*
• Online Access: http://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/GEOACTA/article/view/105.000000290

The southern tip of South America off Chile has suffered a long phase of ocean-continent convergence which has shaped the continental margin through different phases of accretion and tectonic erosion. The present accretionary wedge is a discontinuous geological record of plate convergence and record...