Geodynamics of a Cordilleran Orogenic System: The Central Andes of Argentina and Northern Chile

Multiple styles and scales of lithospheric foundering beneath the Puna Plateau, central Andes
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Published:January 01, 2015
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Susan L. Beck, George Zandt, Kevin M. Ward, Alissa Scire, 2015. "Multiple styles and scales of lithospheric foundering beneath the Puna Plateau, central Andes", Geodynamics of a Cordilleran Orogenic System: The Central Andes of Argentina and Northern Chile, Peter G. DeCelles, Mihai N. Ducea, Barbara Carrapa, Paul A. Kapp
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Lithospheric foundering or delamination has been long recognized as an important process in the formation of the Andes, but the scale, timing, and surface uplift consequences remain controversial. We use recently completed ambient noise tomography and finite-frequency P-wave tomography results and other geologic and geophysical information to identify two ~200-km-diameter regions of piecemeal delamination in the Puna region between 21°S and 27°S. One location in the northern Puna Plateau is centered under the 11–1 Ma large-volume silicic Altiplano-Puna volcanic center, and the other in the southern Puna Plateau is centered approximately between the Arizaro Basin and 6–2 Ma Cerro Galan...
- Altiplano
- Andes
- back-arc basins
- basins
- body waves
- continental lithosphere
- coupling
- crust
- deep-seated structures
- delamination
- elastic waves
- lithosphere
- mantle
- mantle wedges
- middle crust
- motions
- noise
- P-waves
- plate tectonics
- plates
- Puna
- seismic anomalies
- seismic waves
- South America
- strength
- thermal anomalies
- tomography
- upper crust
- upper mantle
- velocity structure
- volcanic centers
- volcanic features
- volcanic fields
- Cerro Galan
- Juan Fernandez Ridge
- Arizaro Basin
- finite-frequency tomography