The Andes Active Subduction Orogeny /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Oncken, Onno (Editor), Chong, Guillermo (Editor), Franz, Gerhard (Editor), Giese, Peter (Editor), Götze, Hans-Jürgen (Editor), Ramos, Victor A. (Editor), Strecker, Manfred R. (Editor), Wigger, Peter (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Series: Frontiers in Earth Sciences,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geology.; Sedimentology.; Geophysics.; Atmospheric sciences.; Geographical information systems.; Earth Sciences.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Earth Sciences, general.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Atmospheric Sciences.

Convergent plate margins and subduction zones are first order features shaping the Earth. Convergent continental margins combine the majority of processes that affect the internal architecture thermal and geochemical character of continental lith- phere. In addition, the close relationships between...