Chusmiza
Chusmiza complex(also known as Cerros de Sotoca)[1]is aMiocenevolcano inChile.It is the largeststratovolcanoof the Miocene epoch in the western Andean escarpment, with a volume of 400 cubic kilometres (96 cu mi). It is constructed fromandesite.[2]Potassium-argon datinghas established an age of 11.3±0.3mya.[1]
19°41′2.14″S69°11′17.81″W/ 19.6839278°S 69.1882806°W
References[edit]
- ^abFarías, Marcelo;Charrier, Reynaldo;Comte, Diana; Martinod, Joseph; Hérail, Gérard (August 2005)."Late Cenozoic deformation and uplift of the western flank of the Altiplano: Evidence from the depositional, tectonic, and geomorphologic evolution and shallow seismic activity (northern Chile at 19°30′S)".Tectonics.24(4): n/a.Bibcode:2005Tecto..24.4001F.doi:10.1029/2004TC001667.
- ^Wörner, Gerhard; Hammerschmidt, Konrad; Henjes-Kunst, Friedhelm; Lezaun, Judith; Wilke, Hans (December 2000)."Geochronology (40Ar/39Ar, K-Ar and He-exposure ages) of Cenozoic magmatic rocks from Northern Chile (18-22°S): implications for magmatism and tectonic evolution of the central Andes".Revista Geológica de Chile.27(2).ISSN0716-0208.Retrieved1 October2015.
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