Earth:Chilenia
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Short description: Ancient microcontinent, containing central Chile and western Argentina
Chilenia was an ancient microcontinent or terrane whose history affected many of the older rocks of central Chile and western Argentina . It was once separated by oceanic crust from the Cuyania terrane to which it accreted at ~420-390 Ma when Cuyania was already amalgamated with Gondwana.[1]
See also
- Place:Andes – Mountain range in South America
References
- ↑ [1] Rapalini, A.E. 2005. The accretionary history of southern South America from the latest Proterozoic to the Late Palaeozoic: some palaeomagnetic constraints. From: Vaughan, A. R M., Leat, P. T. & Pankhurst, R. J, (eds). Terrane Processes at the Margins of Gondwana. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 246, 305-328.
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