Deformation along the southern Caribbean coast, as confirmed by the compilation of stress
tensors derived from fault-plane kinematic indicators (microtectonics) and further supported …

Abstract The Devonian Period experienced the proliferation of vascular plants and had the
highest levels of carbonate production, reef-building, and marine faunal diversity in the …

New regional seismological data acquired in Colombia during 1993 to 1996 and tectonic
field data from the Eastern Cordillera (EC) permit a reexamination of the complex …

The Andes are a natural laboratory for the study of the interaction between subduction of the
oceanic plate and active geological processes. Inter-and intraplate seismicity, volcanic …

We present a detailed stratigraphic and structural study of the Kopeh Dagh fold-and-thrust
belt in NE Iran, which is an investigation of the complex polyphased tectonic history of this …

For over 50 years, several models based on diverse geologic concepts and variable quality
of data have been proposed to explain the major structure and history of the Mérida Andes …

Abstract The Andes and the Amazon River have been neighbouring geographical and
geological features for at least the past 10 million years. However, the nature of the …

The High Atlas Mountains of North Africa were formed over a major intracontinental rift
system that had extended from what is now the Atlantic margin of Morocco to the …

Abstract The Palaeozoic to Mesozoic igneous and metamorphic basement rocks exposed in
the Mérida Andes of Venezuela and the Santander Massif of Colombia are generally …

Systematic inversion of double couple focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in the
northern Andes reveals relatively homogeneous patterns of crustal stress in three main …