This is the accepted version of the following article: Evenstar, L. A., Hartley, A. J., Archer, S. G. and Neilson, J. E. (2015), Climatic and halokinetic controls on alluvial–lacustrine sedimentation during compressional deformation, Andean forearc, northern Chile. Basin Research which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/doi: 10.1111/bre.12124