Cycles of Andean mountain building archived in the Amazon Fan

Cody C. Mason; Brian W. Romans; Molly O. Patterson; Daniel F. Stockli; Andrea Fildani

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-34561-6

Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Cycles of Andean mountain building archived in the Amazon Fan

Cody C. Mason,
Brian W. Romans,
Molly O. Patterson,
Daniel F. Stockli,
Andrea Fildani

Affiliations

Cody C. Mason: Department of Natural Sciences, University of West Georgia
Brian W. Romans: Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech
Molly O. Patterson: Department of Geology, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Daniel F. Stockli: Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas
Andrea Fildani: The Deep Time Institute

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34561-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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South American cordilleran orogenic systems have repeated complex magmatic and deformation histories. Here the authors analyze detrital zircons found in the Amazon deep-sea fan that record mountain-building events and reveal cycles of orogenesis with periods of ~60–90 Myr since the Phanerozoic.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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