Despite the multiple efforts to understand the temporal evolution of the Ecuadorian Volcanic Arc, the evolutionary history of the oldest volcanic edifices remained poorly studied. The Paris-Saclay University, the Instituto Geofísico of the Escuela Politécnica Nacional and the French Instituto de Investigación para el Desarrollo carried out an...
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2023 (v1)Conference paperUploaded on: November 25, 2023
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2014 (v1)Journal article
The Quito Fault System (QFS) extends over 60km along the Interandean Depression in northern Ecuador. Multidisciplinary studies support an interpretation in which two major contemporaneous fault systems affect Quaternary volcanoclastic deposits. Hanging paleovalleys and disruption of drainage networks attest to ongoing crustal deformation and...
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