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67 relations: Andean Volcanic Belt, Andes, Andesite, Argentina, Atacama Region, Atlantic Ocean, Back-arc basin, Basalt, Basaltic andesite, Caldera, Catamarca Province, Cerro El Muerto, Cerro Solo, Chile, Coulee, Crust (geology), Dacite, Delamination, Falso Azufre, Fault (geology), Fissure vent, Fumarole, Glacier, History of the Incas, Holocene, Hornblende, Inca Empire, Juan Fernández Ridge, Laguna Verde (lake of Chile), Lava, Lava dome, List of Ultras of South America, List of volcanoes in Argentina, List of volcanoes in Chile, Mafic, Mantle (geology), Miocene, Monogenetic volcanic field, National Geology and Mining Service, Nevado El Fraile, Nevado San Francisco, Nevado Tres Cruces, Ojos del Salado, Oligocene, Olivine, Parasitic cone, Peru–Chile Trench, Provinces of Argentina, Pyroxene, Quaternary, ..., Quechuan languages, Radiometric dating, Rain shadow, ResearchGate, Salt pan (geology), San Francisco Pass, Snowpack, South America, Stratovolcano, Subduction erosion, Tipas, Trachyandesite, Ultra-prominent peak, Volcanic arc, Volcanic cone, Volcanic crater, Volcano. Expand index (17 more) »
Andean Volcanic Belt
The Andean Volcanic Belt is a major volcanic belt along the Andean cordillera in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
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Andes
The Andes or Andean Mountains (Cordillera de los Andes) are the longest continental mountain range in the world.
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Andesite
Andesite is an extrusive igneous, volcanic rock, of intermediate composition, with aphanitic to porphyritic texture.
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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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Atacama Region
The Atacama Region (III Región de Atacama) is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions.
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Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about.
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Back-arc basin
Back-arc basins are geologic basins, submarine features associated with island arcs and subduction zones.
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Basalt
Basalt is a common extrusive igneous (volcanic) rock formed from the rapid cooling of basaltic lava exposed at or very near the surface of a planet or moon.
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Basaltic andesite
Basaltic andesite is a black volcanic rock.
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Caldera
A caldera is a large cauldron-like depression that forms following the evacuation of a magma chamber/reservoir.
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Catamarca Province
Catamarca is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country.
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Cerro El Muerto
Cerro el Muerto (sometimes "El Muerto" fully translated as The Dead One Hill") is a mountain peak of South America and is part of the Andes mountain range.
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Cerro Solo
Cerro Solo is a large stratovolcano on the border between Argentina and Chile, west of Ojos del Salado.
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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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Coulee
Coulee, or coulée is a term applied rather loosely to different landforms, all of which refer to a kind of valley or drainage zone.
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Crust (geology)
In geology, the crust is the outermost solid shell of a rocky planet, dwarf planet, or natural satellite.
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Dacite
Dacite is an igneous, volcanic rock.
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Delamination
Delamination is a mode of failure for composite materials and steel.
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Falso Azufre
Falso Azufre is a complex volcano at the border of Argentina and Chile.
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Fault (geology)
In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock, across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movement.
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Fissure vent
A fissure vent, also known as a volcanic fissure or eruption fissure, is a linear volcanic vent through which lava erupts, usually without any explosive activity.
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Fumarole
A fumarole (or fumerole – the word ultimately comes from the Latin fumus, "smoke") is an opening in a planet's crust, often in areas surrounding volcanoes, which emits steam and gases such as carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen chloride, and hydrogen sulfide.
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Glacier
A glacier is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight; it forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation (melting and sublimation) over many years, often centuries.
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History of the Incas
The Inca state was known as the Kingdom of Cusco before 1438.
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Holocene
The Holocene is the current geological epoch.
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Hornblende
Hornblende is a complex inosilicate series of minerals (ferrohornblende – magnesiohornblende).
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Inca Empire
The Inca Empire (Quechua: Tawantinsuyu, "The Four Regions"), also known as the Incan Empire and the Inka Empire, was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America, and possibly the largest empire in the world in the early 16th century.
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Juan Fernández Ridge
The Juan Fernández Ridge is a volcanic island and seamount chain on the Nazca Plate.
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Laguna Verde (lake of Chile)
Laguna Verde (Spanish for "green lake" or "green lagoon") is a salt lake in the Andes Mountains of Chile.
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Lava
Lava is molten rock generated by geothermal energy and expelled through fractures in planetary crust or in an eruption, usually at temperatures from.
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Lava dome
In volcanology, a lava dome or volcanic dome is a roughly circular mound-shaped protrusion resulting from the slow extrusion of viscous lava from a volcano.
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List of Ultras of South America
This is a list of the 209 ultra prominent peaks, or Ultras in South America.
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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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Mafic
Mafic is an adjective describing a silicate mineral or igneous rock that is rich in magnesium and iron, and is thus a portmanteau of magnesium and '''f'''err'''ic'''.
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Mantle (geology)
The mantle is a layer inside a terrestrial planet and some other rocky planetary bodies.
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Miocene
The Miocene is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma).
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Monogenetic volcanic field
A monogenetic volcanic field is a type of volcanic field consisting of a group of small monogenetic volcanoes, each of which erupts only once, as opposed to polygenetic volcanoes, which erupt repeatedly over a period of time.
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National Geology and Mining Service
Santiago. Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería (National Geology and Mining Service), abbreviated as SERNAGEOMIN, is a Chilean government agency.
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Nevado El Fraile
Nevado El Fraile (the Friar) is a volcanic mountain in the Andes of Chile.
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Nevado San Francisco
Nevado San Francisco, or Cerro San Francisco, is a stratovolcano on the border between Argentina and Chile, located just southeast of San Francisco Pass.
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Nevado Tres Cruces
Nevado Tres Cruces is a massif of volcanic origin in the Andes Mountains on the border of Argentina and Chile.
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Ojos del Salado
Nevado Ojos del Salado is a stratovolcano in the Andes on the Argentina–Chile border and the highest active volcano in the world at.
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Oligocene
The Oligocene is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present (to). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the epoch are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the epoch are slightly uncertain.
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Olivine
The mineral olivine is a magnesium iron silicate with the formula (Mg2+, Fe2+)2SiO4.
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Parasitic cone
A parasitic cone (also adventive cone or satellite cone) is the cone-shaped accumulation of volcanic material not part of the central vent of a volcano.
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Peru–Chile Trench
The Peru–Chile Trench, also known as the Atacama Trench, is an oceanic trench in the eastern Pacific Ocean, about 160 kilometres (100 mi) off the coast of Peru and Chile.
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Provinces of Argentina
Argentina is subdivided into twenty-three provinces (provincias, singular provincia) and one autonomous city (ciudad autónoma), Buenos Aires, which is the federal capital of the nation (Capital Federal) as decided by Congress. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system.
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Pyroxene
The pyroxenes (commonly abbreviated to Px) are a group of important rock-forming inosilicate minerals found in many igneous and metamorphic rocks.
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Quaternary
Quaternary is the current and most recent of the three periods of the Cenozoic Era in the geologic time scale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS).
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Quechuan languages
Quechua, usually called Runasimi ("people's language") in Quechuan languages, is an indigenous language family spoken by the Quechua peoples, primarily living in the Andes and highlands of South America.
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Radiometric dating
Radiometric dating or radioactive dating is a technique used to date materials such as rocks or carbon, in which trace radioactive impurities were selectively incorporated when they were formed.
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Rain shadow
A rain shadow is a dry area on the leeward side of a mountainous area (away from the wind).
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ResearchGate
ResearchGate is a social networking site for scientists and researchers to share papers, ask and answer questions, and find collaborators.
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Salt pan (geology)
Natural salt pans or salt flats are flat expanses of ground covered with salt and other minerals, usually shining white under the sun.
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San Francisco Pass
The San Francisco Pass is a pass over the Andes mountains which connects Argentina and Chile.
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Snowpack
Snowpack forms from layers of snow that accumulate in geographic regions and high altitudes where the climate includes cold weather for extended periods during the year.
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South America
South America is a continent in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere.
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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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Subduction erosion
Tectonic erosion or subduction erosion is the loss of crust from an overriding tectonic plate due to subduction.
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Tipas
Cerro Tipas (also known as Cerro Cazadero or Cerro Walther Penck) is a massive complex volcano in the Andes, located in northwestern Argentina.
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Trachyandesite
Trachyandesite is an extrusive igneous rock with a composition between trachyte and andesite.
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Ultra-prominent peak
An ultra-prominent peak, or Ultra for short, is defined as a mountain summit with a topographic prominence of or more.
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Volcanic arc
A volcanic arc is a chain of volcanoes formed above a subducting plate, positioned in an arc shape as seen from above.
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Volcanic cone
Volcanic cones are among the simplest volcanic landforms.
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Volcanic crater
A volcanic crater is a roughly circular depression in the ground caused by volcanic activity.
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Volcano
A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.
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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incahuasi
