Figure 3. a-c: New AFT ages and zircon U-Pb ages (data from Schütte et al., 2010 are indicated in pastel colors) from the Western Cordillera (WC)­­­ plotted against sample elevation for the Apuela, the Guaranda and the Cuenca profiles. d-f: New AHe and ZHe ages from the Western Cordillera plotted against sample elevation for the Apuela, the Guaranda and the Cuenca profiles.