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Variability in Age of Initial Shortening and Uplift in the Central Andes, 16–33°30′S

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Tectonic Uplift and Climate Change

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The north-trending Andean Cordillera is the highest landmass in the Southern Hemisphere. Lenters et al.1 and Lenters and Cook2 used general circulation model (GCM) experiments to show that the high elevation of the Andes combines with their narrow width to generate marked perturbations in South America’s climate, even though the far-field effects on global climate are small. By extrapolation, topographic uplift of the Andean chain probably perturbed the paleoclimate of South America. This paper summarizes the history of that uplift between 16° and 33°3O′S (Fig. 1), a zone that spans the tropics, a subtropical high-pressure belt, and the northern margin of the westerlies.3

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    Teresa E. Jordan

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  3. Department of Geology, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, 95616, USA

    Johan P. Erikson

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Jordan, T.E., Reynolds, J.H., Erikson, J.P. (1997). Variability in Age of Initial Shortening and Uplift in the Central Andes, 16–33°30′S. In: Ruddiman, W.F. (eds) Tectonic Uplift and Climate Change. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5935-1_3

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