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The geology of Peru includes ancient Proterozoic rocks, Paleozoic and Mesozoic volcanic and sedimentary rocks, and numerous basins and the Andes Mountains formed in the Cenozoic.

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Geology of Peru

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The geology of Peru includes ancient Proterozoic rocks, Paleozoic and Mesozoic volcanic and sedimentary rocks, and numerous basins and the Andes Mountains...

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Vinicunca

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Mountain of seven colors), Montaña de Colores (Mountain of colors) or Montaña Arcoíris (Rainbow Mountain), is a mountain in the Andes of Peru with an altitude...

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List of earthquakes in Peru

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78km SE of Lagunas, Peru". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2020-04-08. "M 7.0 - 23km NNE of Azangaro, Peru". United States Geological Survey...

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Band of Holes

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000–6,000 man-sized holes found in the Pisco Valley on the Nazca Plateau in Peru. Local people have no idea who made them or how they were used. Over the...

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South American Plate

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American Plate. Geological research suggests that the South American Plate is moving west away from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: "Parts of the plate boundaries...

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Andes

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of Arizona: Andes geology Blueplanetbiomes.org: Climate and animal life of the Andes Archived 14 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine Discover-peru.org:...

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Chivay obsidian source

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is the geological origin of a chemical group of obsidian that is found throughout the south-central Andean highlands including southern Peru and western...

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Nazca Ridge

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coast of South America. This plate and ridge are currently subducting under the South American Plate at a convergent boundary known as the Peru-Chile...

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Andean orogeny

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orogenic period and its major structures in central and northern Peru". Journal of the Geological Society, London. 141 (5): 893–900. Bibcode:1984JGSoc.141..893M...

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Outline of Peru

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of Peru Environmental issues in Peru Renewable energy in Peru Geology of Peru List of earthquakes in Peru Natural regions of Peru Protected areas of Peru...

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Rosalvina Rivera

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was a Peruvian palaeontologist who dedicated her entire life to studying geology in Peru. She was the first woman in Peru to receive the title of doctor...

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Cordillera Blanca Batholith

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Cordillera Blanca) is an extensive group of individual plutons that crop out near or at Cordillera Blanca, Peru. The batholith intrudes the Jurassic Chicama...

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Coastal Batholith of Peru

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Batholith of Peru (Spanish: Batolito costero peruano) is a group of hundreds, if not thousands, of individual plutons that crop out near or at the coast of Peru...

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INGEMMET

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Peruvian scientific and management agency part of the Ministry of Energy and Mines. It is devoted to the study of the mineral resources, geology of Peru...

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Nazca Plate

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of the subducted Nazca plate." Journal Geophysical Research 97 (12) James, D. (1978). "Subduction of the Nazca plate beneath Central Peru." Geology 6...

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Famatinian orogeny

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evidence of detrital zircons of the Ordovician Ollantaytambo Formation, southern Peru, and the Ordovician provenance and paleogeography of southern Peru and...

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Santa Rosa local fauna

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Santa Rosa local fauna consists of the animals found in the Paleogene fossil site of Santa Rosa in eastern Peru. The age of the Santa Rosa fauna is difficult...

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2007 Peru earthquake

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The 2007 Peru earthquake, which measured 8.0 on the moment magnitude scale, hit the central coast of Peru on August 15 at 23:40:57 UTC (18:40:57 local...

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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Peru

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Colombia List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Ecuador Geology of Peru South American land mammal age Gomphothere fossils in Peru Córdova Aguilar...

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