Symptomatic lithospheric drips triggering fast topographic rise and crustal deformation in the Central Andes

Julia Andersen; Oguz H. Göğüş; Russell N. Pysklywec; Tasca Santimano; Ebru Şengül Uluocak

doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00470-1

Communications Earth & Environment (Jun 2022)

Symptomatic lithospheric drips triggering fast topographic rise and crustal deformation in the Central Andes

Julia Andersen,
Oguz H. Göğüş,
Russell N. Pysklywec,
Tasca Santimano,
Ebru Şengül Uluocak

Affiliations

Julia Andersen: University of Toronto, Department of Earth Sciences
Oguz H. Göğüş: Istanbul Technical University, Eurasian Institute of Earth Sciences
Russell N. Pysklywec: University of Toronto, Department of Earth Sciences
Tasca Santimano: University of Toronto, Department of Earth Sciences
Ebru Şengül Uluocak: Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Department of Geophysical Engineering

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00470-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Several central Andean basins may have formed from the coupling of crustal deformation to dripping of the upper mantle lithosphere, according to three- dimensional scaled analogue experiments

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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