Cerros de Incahuasi explained

Cerros de Incahuasi
Elevation M:5,704
Elevation Ref:[1]
Location:Chile
Type:Stratovolcano[2]
Range:Andes
Coordinates:-24.0333°N -100°W [3]

Cerros de Incahuasi is a mountain with several summits located in the Antofagasta Region of Chile, near Sico Pass. The present–day mountain is the result of the partial collapse of an ancientvolcanic edifice.[4]

The Incahuasi Sur volcano in this range was active 10.5 million years ago. It is associated with a volcanic belt and fault that extends southeastward from Incahuasi Sur, the Calama–Olacapato–El Toro fault.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: IGM - Producto . 2007-03-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070929094922/http://www.igm.cl/producto_resumen2.asp?id=2106 . 2007-09-29 .
  2. 355855. Incaguasi. 2022-06-28.
  3. Web site: GNS: Country Files . 2010-06-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120504031911/http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/cntry_files.html . 2012-05-04 .
  4. Book: Brüggen, Johannes . 1947 . Geología y morfología de la Puna de Atacama . es . Imprenta Universitaria . 94 .
  5. Petrinovic. Ivan Alejandro. Riller. Ulrich. Brod. José Affonso. The Negra Muerta Volcanic Complex, southern Central Andes: geochemical characteristics and magmatic evolution of an episodically active volcanic centre. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. February 2005. 140. 4. 295–320. 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.09.002. 2005JVGR..140..295P .

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