Subduction of active spreading ridges and the disappearance of Andean-type cordilleras by Scalabrino, Bruno, Lagabrielle, Yves, Faccenna, Claudio

“…At the Antarctica–South America connection, three active ridge subductions induced the disruption of a former continuous cordillera during the opening of Drake Passage. Active ridge subduction induces lithosphere thermal erosion and related crustal extension in the upper plate. …”
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