Cerros de Incahuasi

Cerros de Incahuasi
Cerros de Incahuasi
	Salar de Talar with Cerros de Incahuasi in the background
Highest point
Elevation	5,704 m (18,714 ft)
Coordinates	24°02′S 67°33′W
Geography
Location	Chile
Country	Chile
Parent range	Andes
Geology
Mountain type	Stratovolcano

Cerros de Incahuasi is a mountain with several summits located in the Antofagasta Region of Chile, near Sico Pass. The present–day mountain is the result of the partial collapse of an ancient volcanic edifice.^[4]

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The Incahuasi Sur volcano in this range was active 10.5 million years ago. It is associated with a volcanic belt and fault that extends southeastward from Incahuasi Sur, the Calama–Olacapato–El Toro fault.^[5]

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"IGM - Producto". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-03-30.
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"GNS: Country Files". Archived from the original on 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
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"Incaguasi". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
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Brüggen, Johannes (1947). Geología y morfología de la Puna de Atacama (in Spanish). Imprenta Universitaria. p. 94.
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Petrinovic, Ivan Alejandro; Riller, Ulrich; Brod, José Affonso (February 2005). "The Negra Muerta Volcanic Complex, southern Central Andes: geochemical characteristics and magmatic evolution of an episodically active volcanic centre". Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 140 (4): 295–320. Bibcode:2005JVGR..140..295P. doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.09.002.

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[igm-1] [1]
"IGM - Producto". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-03-30.

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"GNS: Country Files". Archived from the original on 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2010-06-27.

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"Incaguasi". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2022-06-28.

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Brüggen, Johannes (1947). Geología y morfología de la Puna de Atacama (in Spanish). Imprenta Universitaria. p. 94.

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Petrinovic, Ivan Alejandro; Riller, Ulrich; Brod, José Affonso (February 2005). "The Negra Muerta Volcanic Complex, southern Central Andes: geochemical characteristics and magmatic evolution of an episodically active volcanic centre". Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 140 (4): 295–320. Bibcode:2005JVGR..140..295P. doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.09.002.

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