The Andes’ pulsating rise

New research by Carmala Garzione, Earth and Environmental Sciences professor from the University of Rochester suggests that the Antiplano plateau in the central Andes Mountains along with the entire mountain range likely arose in a series of periodic rapid pulses instead of a more continuous gradual surface uplift. According to Garzione, “In geologic terms, rapid means rising one kilometer or more over several millions of years, which is very impressive.”