The Atacama Fault Zone (AFZ) is an extensive system of faults cutting across the Chilean Coastal Cordillera in Northern Chile between the Andean Mountain...
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South-America Puna de Atacama, high plateau in the Andes Atacama Fault Atacama Lacuna, intermittent lake on the Saturn moon Titan Atacama border dispute, territorial...
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This list covers all faults and fault-systems that are either geologically important[clarification needed] or connected to prominent seismic activity.[clarification...
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Aras Free Zone, Iran AFZ (Association Française de Zootechnie [fr]) Atacama Fault Zone Obokuitai language Sabzevar Airport, an airport in Sabzevar, Iran...
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the Loa. Along the Coastal Cordillera lies Atacama Fault. The area of the Coastal Cordillera around the fault is rich in iron ore constituting the northern...
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Andes, the coast and the nearby Atacama Fault. The fault originated in the Eocene. Along its length the Domeyko Fault hosts several porphyry copper deposits...
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Salar de Atacama, located 55 km (34 mi) south of San Pedro de Atacama, is the largest salt flat in Chile. It is surrounded by mountains and lacks drainage...
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Iron Belt which are aligned along the Atacama Fault. Climate of Chile Geology of Chile Chilean Central Valley Atacama Desert Síntesis geográfica nacional...
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strike slip fault (ca. 120 km) that located further landward. The slip rate of the fault system is approximately 1 mm per year. The Atacama Fault and the...
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Coastal Cliff of northern Chile (category Landforms of Atacama Region)
Tarapacá, Antofagasta, and Atacama. According to Roland Paskoff, the modern cliff originated from a scarp retreat of a fault scarp, thus at present the...
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movement to escape from the compression taking place along the elbow axis. Atacama Fault Geology of Bolivia Dewey, J.F; Lamb, S.H (1992), "Active tectonics of...
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Valeriano Fault System (Spanish: Sistema de Fallas Valeriano) is a group of related geological faults located in the high Andes of southern Atacama Region...
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Chilean Iron Belt (category Mines in Atacama Region)
regions of Coquimbo and Atacama, chiefly between the cities of La Serena and Taltal. The belt follows much of the Atacama Fault System and is about 600...
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located on the Atacama Fault. El Romeral in particular is located on a southern extension of Atacama Fault known as El Romeral Fault Zone (Spanish: Zona...
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the direction change affected several subduction zone-parallel faults including Atacama, Domeyko and Liquiñe-Ofqui. Low angle subduction or flat-slab subduction...
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data has been gathered yet to verify its existence. A single transform fault runs west to east and is home to the most rugged and shallow terrain with...
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group of Early Cretaceous plutons were intruded syn-tectonically on the Atacama Fault. Geologists Miguel Hervé and Nicolás Marinivic identify six major units...
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Faults Atacama Fault Biobío-Aluminé Fault Cachet Fault Domeyko Fault El Arrayán Fault Futrono Fault Gastre Fault Lanalhue Fault Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault Magallanes-Fagnano...
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Fault (Spanish: Falla de Pichilemu), also referred to as the Pichilemu-Vichuquén Fault (Falla de Pichilemu-Vichuquén), is a Chilean geological fault,...
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Peru–Chile Trench (redirect from Atacama Trench)
The Peru–Chile Trench, also known as the Atacama Trench, is an oceanic trench in the eastern Pacific Ocean, about 160 kilometres (99 mi) off the coast...
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The Oca–Ancón Fault System (Spanish: Falla Oca-Ancón) is a complex of geological faults located in northeastern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela near...
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to subcrustal accretion in the subduction system. Arauco Peninsula Atacama Fault Coastal Cliff of northern Chile Guano Casquet, C.; Hervé, F.; Pankhurst...
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Potrerillos (caldera) (category Volcanoes of Atacama Region)
Potrerillos is a caldera in Chile, in the Atacama Region. Potrerillos has a diameter of 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) and is filled by ash flows and andesitic...
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The Tertiary intrusions are centered on the strike-slip Liquine-Ofqui fault zone and include some gabbro bodies. Oligocene South America Pankhurst,...
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Faults Atacama Fault Biobío-Aluminé Fault Cachet Fault Domeyko Fault El Arrayán Fault Futrono Fault Gastre Fault Lanalhue Fault Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault Magallanes-Fagnano...
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commercially exploitable amounts of hydrocarbons. In the forelands of the Atacama Desert, some of the largest porphyry copper mineralizations occur, making...
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fault system east of the Salar de Atacama, which separates the Western Cordillera from the Cordillera Domeyko. This fault extends from the Purico complex...
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Faults Atacama Fault Biobío-Aluminé Fault Cachet Fault Domeyko Fault El Arrayán Fault Futrono Fault Gastre Fault Lanalhue Fault Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault Magallanes-Fagnano...
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Faults Atacama Fault Biobío-Aluminé Fault Cachet Fault Domeyko Fault El Arrayán Fault Futrono Fault Gastre Fault Lanalhue Fault Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault Magallanes-Fagnano...
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Faults Atacama Fault Biobío-Aluminé Fault Cachet Fault Domeyko Fault El Arrayán Fault Futrono Fault Gastre Fault Lanalhue Fault Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault Magallanes-Fagnano...
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