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Cerro Escorial

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Cerro Escorial is a stratovolcano at the border of Argentina and Chile. [1]

17 relations: Andes, Argentina, Argon–argon dating, Chile, Corrida de Cori, Dacite, Geological Society of America, Global Volcanism Program, Hydrothermal circulation, Ignimbrite, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, List of volcanoes in Argentina, List of volcanoes in Chile, Plinian eruption, Quartz, Smithsonian Institution, Stratovolcano.

Andes

The Andes or Andean Mountains (Cordillera de los Andes) are the longest continental mountain range in the world.

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Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic (República Argentina), is a federal republic located mostly in the southern half of South America.

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Argon–argon dating

Argon–argon (or 40Ar/39Ar) dating is a radiometric dating method invented to supersede potassium-argon (K/Ar) dating in accuracy.

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Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a South American country occupying a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west.

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Corrida de Cori

Corrida de Cori is a range of Pliocene-Pleistocene volcanoes.

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Dacite

Dacite is an igneous, volcanic rock.

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Geological Society of America

The Geological Society of America (GSA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of the geosciences.

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Global Volcanism Program

The Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program (GVP) documents Earth's volcanoes and their eruptive history over the past 10,000 years.

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Hydrothermal circulation

Hydrothermal circulation in its most general sense is the circulation of hot water (Ancient Greek ὕδωρ, water,Liddell, H.G. & Scott, R. (1940). A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford: Clarendon Press. and θέρμη, heat). Hydrothermal circulation occurs most often in the vicinity of sources of heat within the Earth's crust.

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Ignimbrite

Ignimbrite is a variety of hardened tuff.

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Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research is a scientific journal that publishes recent research on the fields of volcanology and geothermal activity.

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List of volcanoes in Argentina

This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Argentina.

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List of volcanoes in Chile

This is a list of volcanoes in Chile.

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Plinian eruption

Plinian eruptions or Vesuvian eruptions are volcanic eruptions marked by their similarity to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, which destroyed the ancient Roman cities of Herculaneum and Pompeii.

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Quartz

Quartz is a mineral composed of silicon and oxygen atoms in a continuous framework of SiO4 silicon–oxygen tetrahedra, with each oxygen being shared between two tetrahedra, giving an overall chemical formula of SiO2.

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Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution, established on August 10, 1846 "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge," is a group of museums and research centers administered by the Government of the United States.

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Stratovolcano

A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a conical volcano built up by many layers (strata) of hardened lava, tephra, pumice and ash.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerro_Escorial

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