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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]
^[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.
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...
Belt Pampean flat-slab Terranes Arequipa-Antofalla Mejillones Peninsula Chilenia Chaitenia Chiloé Block Cuyania Pampia Patagonia Fitz Roy Madre de Dios...
the accretion of many smaller land masses and island arcs. These include Chilenia, Cuyania, and Chaitenia, which now form much of Chile and Patagonia. These...
Argentina which may have continued the line of the Appalachians southwards. Chilenia terrane accreted later against Cuyania. The collision of the Patagonian...
Neoproterozoic 550 Ma Laurasia Neoproterozoic 550 Ma Cuyania Paleozoic ~420-390 Ma Chilenia Paleozoic ~420-390 Ma Pangaea Paleozoic 335 Ma Africa Paleozoic 300 Ma...
old cratons of the east, and was followed by the suturing of Cuyania and Chilenia terranes into the young South American Plate. Casquet, C; Rapela, C.W;...
species: The following genera have been brought into synonymy with Eriosyce: Chilenia Backeb. Chileniopsis Backeb. Chileocactus Frič Chileorebutia F.Ritter Chiliorebutia...
Block Yukon–Tanana Terrane South America Arequipa-Antofalla Chaitenia Chilenia Chiloé Block Cuchilla Dionisio Terrane Cuyania Fitz Roy Terrane Madre de...
rocks of Cuyo in Argentina. It was separated by oceanic crust from the Chilenia terrane which accreted into it at ~420-390 Ma when Cuyania was already...
orogeny took place near the right border of the area marked as "Río Plata". Terranes and microcontinents such as Cuyania, Pampia and Chilenia are omitted....
L.W. (1999). "Closing the ocean between the Precordillera terrane and Chilenia: Early Devonian ophiolite emplacement and deformation in the SW Precordillera"...
orogeny took place near the right border of the area marked as "Río Plata". Terranes and microcontinents such as Cuyania, Pampia and Chilenia are omitted....
v t e Geology of Chile Terranes Arequipa-Antofalla Chaitenia Chilenia Chiloé Cuyania Fitz Roy Madre de Dios Mejillonia Patagonia Sedimentary formations...
to early-Palaeozoic continent Cathaysia – Late Paleozoic microcontinent Chilenia – Ancient microcontinent, containing central Chile and western Argentina...
extend beyond the Huincul lineament to the north, beyond which lies the Chilenia terrane. Hervé, Francisco; Calderón, Mauricio; Fanning, Mark; Pankhurst...
v t e Geology of Chile Terranes Arequipa-Antofalla Chaitenia Chilenia Chiloé Cuyania Fitz Roy Madre de Dios Mejillonia Patagonia Sedimentary formations...
ranges, and the eastern margin connects to the frontal Cordillera then the Chilenia Terrace. The Early-Cambrian to Ordovician deposits of Precordillera are...
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