In our new paper, Habel et al. 2023, we use analogue models to discuss the effect of mantle flow on upper-plate shortening, and #mountain building in Andean #subduction margin context. The paradigmatic #orogen type being the #Andes #Altiplano in front of the Nazca-South America plate boundary.

https://tektonika.online/index.php/home/article/view/39

Proud and happy that it is published in TEKTONIKA DOAJ (@wearetektonika )

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Long-Lost Remnants Of Ancient Continents Still Lurk Beneath Antarctica
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https://www.iflscience.com/long-lost-remnants-of-ancient-continents-still-lurk-beneath-antarctica-69572 <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-34733-9 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #satellite #GOCE #gravity #seismology #antarctica #cratons #lithosphere #continents #gravitygradients #model #modeling #tectonics #geology #structuralgeology #platetectonics #orogen #earthhistory #geologichistory
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New paper published: A contribution to the quantification of crustal shortening and kinematics of deformation across the Western #Andes ( ∼ 20–22° S), Habel et al., Solid Earth, 2023

https://se.copernicus.org/articles/14/17/2023/ (open access)