Irregular rainfall distribution over the past ten million years has influenced the shape of the Andes mountain range, according to a Swiss geology professor. The result is that the western side of the ...
The Cordón Caulle volcano in Chile is part of the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Volcanic Complex along the Andes mountain range in southern Chile. Philipp Ruprecht, an associate professor at the University of ...
AbstractNew zircon trace-element concentration data and U-Pb geochronology on gneisses from Colombia’s Central Cordillera at 6°N allow for the recognition of the distinct Anacona suspect terrane ...
An aerial view of the Andes mountains in Argentina. (Credit: Nicolas Prieto/Unsplash) There’s only one place on the planet where you can see flamingos roaming salt flats, vicuñas grazing in herds and ...
AbstractThe North Patagonian Andes (38°–43°30′S) present topographic and geologic characteristics distinct from those of the Central Andes to the north, including a lower altitude, a predominance of ...
Devil in the Mountain is the fascinating story of geologist Simon Lamb's quest to understand how the high Andes formed. It includes a wealth of real-life, even harrowing, anecdotes of fieldwork, mixed ...