Andean Orogeny
Andean Orogeny
Coupled tectonic evolution of Andean orogeny and global climate
Armijo, Lacassin, Coudurier-Curveur, Carrizo, Earth Science Reviews, 143, 1-35, 2015.
Andean growth and monsoon winds drive landscape evolution at SW margin of South America
Coudurier-Curveur, Lacassin, Armijo, EPSL, 414, 87-99, 2015.
The West Andean Thrust (WAT), the San Ramón Fault and the seismic hazard for Santiago (Chile)
Armijo, Rauld, Thiele, Vargas, Campos, Lacassin, Kausel, Tectonics, 29, TC2007, 2010.
Probing large intraplate earthquakes at the west flank of the Andes
Vargas, Klinger, Rockwell, Forman, Rebolledo, Baize, Lacassin, Armijo, Geology, 2014
PDF of paper - Suppl. Infos (PDF)
More informations and data on this page
Please refer to the published papers and to these pages while using figures and data
PDF of Keynote talk (Andean orogeny and Climate) given at Topoeurope meeting in Antibes (Oct. 2015) – MOVIE of Andean Orogenic Evolution & Climate
Kinematics of the active West Andean fold-and-thrust belt (Central Chile): structure and long-term shortening rate
Riesner, Lacassin, Simoes, Armijo, Vargas, Rauld, Tectonics, 2017.
EarthArXiv preprint of the accepted paper
A Short Movie (see snapshot on the right)
Revisiting the structure and kinematics of the Central Andes at 33.5°S: implications for the mechanics of Andean mountain building.
Riesner, Lacassin, Simoes, Carrizo, Armijo, Tectonics, 2018.
NEW: Early exhumation of the Frontal Cordillera (Southern Central Andes) and implications for Andean mountain-building at ~33.5°S.
Riesner, Simoes, Carrizo, Lacassin, Scientific Reports, 2019.
updated June 2019