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The geology of Chile is a characterized by processes linked to subduction, such as volcanism, earthquakes, and orogeny. The building blocks of Chile's geology were assembled during the Paleozoic Era when Chile was the southwestern margin of the supercontinent Gondwana .
Chile is situated in southern South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean and a small part of the South Atlantic Ocean. Chile's territorial shape is considered among the world's most unusual; from north to south, the country extends 4,270 km (2,653 mi), and yet it only averages 177 km (110 mi) in width.
The Chilean Coastal Range (Spanish: Cordillera de la Costa) is a mountain range that runs from north to south along the Pacific coast of South America parallel to the Andean Mountains, extending from Morro de Arica in the north to Taitao Peninsula, where it ends at the Chile triple junction, in the south.
The Chile triple junction, a geologic junction off the southern coast of Chile where the South American, Nazca and Antarctic tectonic plates meet. The Chile triple junction (or Chile margin triple junction) is a geologic triple junction located on the seafloor of the Pacific Ocean off Taitao and Tres Montes Peninsula on the southern coast of Chile.
Geology of Chile by region (16 C) Geology of Patagonia (12 C, 37 P) Geoparks in Chile (1 P) Geothermal energy in Chile (4 P) I. Impact craters of Chile (1 P) L.
The country's National Geology and Mining Service lists 90 active volcanoes. [2] The volcanoes of the Andes originate from the subduction of the Nazca Plate under the South American Plate, while the volcanoes of Chile's Pacific islands formed from magma coming from three distinct hotspots, Easter, Juan Fernández and San Felix hotspots. The ...
Geology of Chile (22 C, 22 P) Grasslands of Chile (3 P) L. Landforms of Chile (29 C, 4 P) Landmarks in Chile (3 C) M. Micronations in Chile (1 P) N. Names of places ...
Chile ridge is located west of the Taitao Peninsula, and the geology of Chile Ridge is closely associated with that of Taitao Peninsula. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 4 ] Adakite is a felsic to intermediate rock and are usually calc-alkaline in composition.