Isostatically disturbed terrain of northwestern Andes mountains from spectrally correlated free-air and gravity terrain data. From: Earth Sciences Research Journal | Date: December 1, 2006| Author: Hernandez, Orlando P.; Von Frese, Ralph R.B. | COPYRIGHT 2006 Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Departamento de Geociencias. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

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Recently revised models on global tectonics describe the convergence of the North Andes, Nazca, Caribbean and South American Plates and their seismicity, volcanism, active faulting and extreme topography. The current plate boundaries of the area are mainly interpreted from volcanic and seismic datasets with variable confidence levels. New insights on the isostatic state and plate boundaries of the northwestern Andes Mountains can be obtained from the spectral an...

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