Mountain building in the Andes, the longest continental mountain range on Earth, started in
the Late Cretaceous but was highly diachronous. Reconstructing the timing of surface uplift …

Current end-member models for the geodynamic evolution of orogenic plateaus predict (a)
slow and steady rise during crustal shortening and ablative subduction (ie, continuous …

The tempo of species diversification in large clades can reveal fundamental evolutionary
mechanisms that operate on large temporal and spatial scales [1–4]. Hummingbirds have …

Abstract The Tropical Andes make up Earth's most species-rich biodiversity hotspot for both
animals and plants. Nevertheless, the ecological and evolutionary processes underlying this …

Spatially extensive paleoelevation records of the Altiplano plateau are critical to determining
the geodynamic mechanisms that formed and support high elevations over a broad area …

South America was isolated from other continents during most of the Cenozoic, developing a
singular mammalian fauna. In contrast to North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa, up to the …

The paleoelevation history and geodynamic evolution of the Bangong suture zone in the
central Tibetan Plateau are hotly debated, with existing estimates showing contrasting …

Paleoelevation histories from mountain belts like the Central Andes of Bolivia provide
important constraints on the timing and geodynamic mechanisms associated with surface …

On the continental margin of southeast Brazil there is good geological evidence for post-rift
tectonic reactivation, in the form of onshore Tertiary basins up to 800m deep and Cretaceous …

Mountainous areas host a disproportionately large fraction of Earth's biodiversity, suggesting
a causal relationship between mountain building and biological diversification. Mountain …