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The study investigates the structural complexity of the Central Andes forearc in northern Chile, focusing on a regional transect called Loa-Geo1. It identifies three structural styles within a hybrid fold-and-thrust belt and proposes that crustal shortening is primarily accommodated by the reverse reactivation of normal faults and the presence of blind thrust faults. The research suggests that the orogeny in the forearc may have initiated during the Upper Cretaceous, supported by geological mapping and fiel
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- brandon.alcayaga
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- EN