Antofalla is a Miocene-Pliocene volcano in Argentina's Catamarca Province. It is part of the volcanic segment of the Andes in Argentina, and it is considered to be part of the Central Volcanic Zone, one of the volcanic zones of the Andes. Antofalla forms a group of volcanoes that are aligned on and behind the main volcanic arc. Antofalla itself is a remote volcano.
Antofalla and other Andean volcanoes form because the Nazca Plate is subducting beneath the South American Plate. Antofalla volcano is located in a region with a "basins and ranges" topography, where during the Miocene ranges were uplifted and basins formed through tectonic movement. It sits on a basement formed by Eocene-Miocene sedimentary units over a much older crystalline basement.
Antofalla is formed by a principal volcano, the 6,409-metre (21,027 ft) high Antofalla volcano proper, and a surrounding complex of smaller volcanic systems that are formed by lava flows and pyroclastic material. The whole complex was active between 10.89 and 1.59 million years ago; whether activity occurred in historical time is unclear.
Antofalla is a Miocene-Pliocene volcano in Argentina's Catamarca Province. It is part of the volcanic segment of the Andes in Argentina, and it is considered...
Salar de Antofalla is a salt flat in the Andes of Catamarca Province in the Argentine Northwest. The salt flat contains systems of oncoids that grow in...
Comunidad indígena de Antofalla (en Antofalla y Loro Huasi) (kolla-atacama) Alijilán Amadores Andalhualá Anillaco Anquincila Antofalla Apoyaco Atacameño communities...
ocean separated Amazonia from Gondwana until c. 530 Ma and the Arequipa-Antofalla block united with the South American sector of Gondwana in the early Cambrian...
being separated from the Puncoviscana Ocean by the ribbon-shaped Arequipa-Antofalla terrane. However, the formation of both oceans seems unrelated. Southwest...
Francisco Craton – Ancient craton in eastern South America (Brazil) Arequipa–Antofalla Craton – South American geology (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru) Geology...
case a system of oncoids have been observed interface between Salar de Antofalla and an adjacent wetland. Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Oncolite...
Veladero (6.436 m) - La Rioja 14: El Cóndor (6.414 m) - Catamarca 15: Antofalla (6.409 m) - Catamarca 16: Ramada (6.384 m) - San Juan 17: Cachi (6.380...
marble, iron, copper and onyx. The nearest salt flats are the ones of Antofalla, Hombre Muerto (both in the north of Catamarca Province), Pocitos (in...
Veladero (6.436 m) - La Rioja 14: El Cóndor (6.414 m) - Catamarca 15: Antofalla (6.409 m) - Catamarca 16: Ramada (6.384 m) - San Juan 17: Cachi (6.380...
D.C. McKay Stakes Search for "paracas" on Wikipedia. Paracas–Arequipa–Antofalla terrain, a geological unit of the Central Andes Nazca (disambiguation)...
and Luis Alves cratonic fragments (Brazil) are shown, but the Arequipa–Antofalla Craton, the Sahara Craton, and some minor African cratons are not. Other...
Craton (Congo Craton) Rio Apa Craton Río de la Plata Craton Arequipa–Antofalla Craton São Luís cratonic fragment Luís Alves cratonic fragment West African...
the Luis Alves cratonic fragments (Brazil) are shown, but the Arequipa–Antofalla Craton and some minor African cratons are not. Other versions describe...
in the Atacama Plateau along with about 12 others (such as Cerro Solo, Antofalla, Pular), it has a height of 6,184 metres (20,289 ft). Sacabaya (volcano...
Veladero (6.436 m) - La Rioja 14: El Cóndor (6.414 m) - Catamarca 15: Antofalla (6.409 m) - Catamarca 16: Ramada (6.384 m) - San Juan 17: Cachi (6.380...
Llullaillaco (where it crosses the volcanic arc), Corrida de Cori, Archibarca, Antofalla to the Galán caldera; it influenced the development of Llullaillaco. Other...
Veladero (6.436 m) - La Rioja 14: El Cóndor (6.414 m) - Catamarca 15: Antofalla (6.409 m) - Catamarca 16: Ramada (6.384 m) - San Juan 17: Cachi (6.380...
and sedimentary rocks of Mesozoic age, forming the "Antofalla domain" of the Arequipa-Antofalla tectonic block that originated separately from South...
elsewhere in the Puna. Tebenquicho together with other volcanoes such as Antofalla is a back-arc stratovolcano of the Puna. These volcanoes developed starting...
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