Andean Cenozoic foreland basins: a review

Fission track thermochronology of Neogene plutons in the Principal Andean Cordillera of central Chile (33-35°S): Implications for tectonic evolution and porphyry Cu-Mo mineralization

“…The subduction-related Miocene-Pliocene volcanism and plutonism along the Principal Andean Cordillera of central Chile (33-35°S) developed synchronously with crustal thickening and tectonic uplift related to compressive tectonism (Miocene Quechua, and Pliocene Diaguita phases, described originally by Steinmann (1929) in Perú and by Salfity et al (1984) in northwestern Argentina; see also the review of González-Bonorino et al, 2001). This Andean segment occurs immediately southeast of the place where the Juan Fernández Ridge is being subducted (Fig.…”

“…However, during the Miocene, volcanic activity took place simultaneously with compressive pulses of the Quechua tectonic phase and related crustal shortening. Subsequently, volcanic activity practically waned, and only very localized igneous activity was recorded in the region during the Pliocene Diaguita compressive tectonic phase (e.g., González-Bonorino et al, 2001). The igneous activity completely ceased by the late Pliocene along the western flank of the Principal Andean Cordillera, except for the currently active Southern Volcanic Zone of the Andes, which developed since the latest Pliocene farther east along the continental watershed.…”

Kinematics of a Translational/Rotational Landslide, Central Andes, Northwestern Argentina

“…The Subandean Ranges are part of the Andean fold-and-thrust belt (Gonza ´lez-Bonorino et al, 2001). Individual ranges are underlain by anticlinal folds, which may be thrusted.…”