Background: Maternal omega-3 fatty acid supplementation has been suggested to provide docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) for the normal brain development during gestation. DHA can be given as such ( preformed) or through the omega-3 ...

The origin and tectono-sedimentary development of marine forearc basins on both, slope and shelf, is strongly linked to the evolution of material transfer at a convergent margin and consequently with the morphology of ...

A large section of the Late Palaeozoic forearc is exposed along the coastal ranges of north-central Chile (28 degrees-29 degrees 30'S). This is characterized by three lithotectonic units: (1) the Punta de Choros Metamorphic ...

Reloca Slide is the relict of an similar to 24-km(3) submarine slope collapse at the base of the convergent continental margin of central Chile. Bathymetric and seismic data show that directly to the north and south of the ...

The Denaro Complex, part of the Madre de Dios Terrane is composed of metamorphosed pillow basalts, metahyaloclastites, banded metalliferous and radiolarian metacherts, metapelites and redeposited calcareous metasandstones. ...

Numerical 2-D models based on the principle of minimum work were used to examine the space-time distribution of active faulting during the evolution of orogenic wedges. A series of models focused on thin-skinned thrusting ...

We describe a series of Middle Proterozoic to early Paleozoic ultramafic and mafic rocks in the basement of the Central Andes that have different geochemical attributes and paleogeographic settings. Several ophiolitic belts ...

We present detrital zircon U\Pb SHRIMP age patterns for the central segment (34–42°S) of an extensive accretionary complex along coastal Chile together with ages for some relevant igneous rocks. The complex consists of ...