The Andes: Active Subduction Orogeny

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Series: FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCES

Edited by O Oncken, G Chong, G Franz, P Giese, H-J Götze, V Ramos and M Strecker

570 pages, col & b/w figs.

Springer-Verlag

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Hardcover | 2006 | #162016 | ISBN: 3540243291

NHBS Price: £192.00 | $301/€240 approx.

This book provides the first comprehensive overview of a complete subduction orogen, the Andes, considered to represent the "type" subduction belt on Earth. Integrating the results from a wide variety of methods it provides the most compact and highly resolved geophysical image of an active subduction orogen complimented by detailed geodetic data and a range of geological observations. This allows the derivation of a sophisticated process-oriented understanding of the mechanisms driving subduction orogeny's in their various manifestations. The results of 12 years of integrated multi-disciplinary research is presented including a DVD containing maps, geological sections, geophysical results and a data archive.

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