On an expedition to the Central Andean Plateau, researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) and colleagues were astounded to find a huge fossil tree buried in the cold, grassy ...

The recent discovery of a fossil-tree in the Andean Altiplano dates back to 10 million years ago, say researchers. The discovery is making scientists rethink current paleoclimate models, as it points ...

The central Andes of South America is an exciting place to study volcanology. The continental crust in the here is thicker than almost anywhere else on earth and certainly the thickest with abundant ...

The Lazufre volcanic complex in Chile is part of the Altiplano-Puna plateau in the central Andes. (Photo by Noah Finnegan) SANTA CRUZ, California, October 25, 2016 (ENS) – A new scientific analysis of ...

Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 36, No. 2, Modernization and Sustainable Development in Mountains (May 2016), pp. 213-221 (9 pages) One of the highest treelines in the world is at 4810 m above ...

A new study reveals how magma injected into the crust from below has contributed to the uplift of the spectacular Altiplano-Puna plateau in the central Andes. A new analysis of the topography of the ...

A massive magma chamber in South America that pumps melted rock into the Earth's crust created an enormous dome in the central Andes, within the second-highest continental plateau in the world, ...

Boulder, Colo., USA – New Geology studies include a mid-Cretaceous greenhouse world; the Vredefort meteoric impact event and the Vredefort dome, South Africa; shallow creeping faults in Italy; a ...

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. "Fossil trees on Peru's Central Andean Plateau tell a tale of dramatic environmental change." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 28 August 2020. <www.sciencedaily.com ...

On an expedition to the Central Andean Plateau, researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) and colleagues were astounded to find a huge fossil-tree buried in the cold, grassy ...