TY - BOOK ID - 211340 TI - The Andes : Active Subduction Orogeny AU - Oncken, Onno. AU - Chong, Guillermo. AU - Franz, Gerhard. AU - Giese, Peter. AU - Götze, Hans-Jürgen. AU - Ramos, Victor A. AU - Strecker, M.R. AU - Wigger, Peter. PY - 2006 SN - 1280701773 9786610701773 3540486844 3540243291 PB - Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Orogeny KW - Subduction zones KW - Geology, Structural KW - Geotectonics KW - Structural geology KW - Tectonics (Geology) KW - Physical geology KW - Zones, Subduction KW - Plate tectonics KW - Mountain building KW - Orogenesis KW - Tectogenesis KW - Geology. KW - Physical geography. KW - Geography. KW - Sedimentology. KW - Geographical information systems. KW - Geophysics/Geodesy. KW - Earth Sciences, general. KW - Geographical Information Systems/Cartography. KW - Atmospheric Sciences. KW - Geographical information systems KW - GIS (Information systems) KW - Information storage and retrieval systems KW - Petrology KW - Cosmography KW - Earth sciences KW - World history KW - Geography KW - Geognosy KW - Geoscience KW - Natural history KW - Geophysics. KW - Earth sciences. KW - Atmospheric sciences. KW - Atmospheric sciences KW - Atmosphere KW - Geosciences KW - Environmental sciences KW - Physical sciences KW - Geological physics KW - Terrestrial physics KW - Physics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:211340 AB - 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 active deformation and uplift, m- matism and associated crustal growth, ore formation, the release of more than 90% of global seismic energy at convergent margins, make these plate boundaries imp- tant natural laboratories where mass and energy flux rates can be studied at various scales. Since the advent of plate tectonic theory, it has been recognized that all of these phenomena are intimately related and often governed by feedback mechanisms. Accordingly, subduction orogeny has become an international, high-priority theme in process-oriented, earth-system analysis. In this context, Dewey and Bird (1970) have defined the Andes as the type representative for orogeny and associated p- cesses at convergent margins in their benchmark paper. The Andes, therefore, p- vide an excellent natural laboratory for studying the above processes. ER -