Figure 5: Schematic cross-sections showing tectonic changes and topographic growth in Ecuador (at~2 °S) during the late Cenozoic. The North Andean Sliver (NAS) is indicated in grey. The Coastal Cordillera (CC), Western Cordillera (WC) and the Eastern Cordillera (EC) as well as the position of the magmatic arc (after George et al., 2021) are showed on the figure.