South America is the world’s leading source of copper
Copper, known as the Red Metal, developed in tandem with civilization, and its use remains critical today for our technological
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SOUTH AMERICA GEOLOGY
28 Geology posts by James M. Wise and a Geopuns booklet
While we are having extra time sitting down at home while on quarantine, we decided to make a compilation of
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Dike modes of the western continental margin of South America
ABSTRACT This summary presents a regional compilation and mapping of dikes for the western margin of South America,
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#Mining #Exploration #Geology
This post is a listing of observations, sayings, rules of thumb, beliefs, value statements, and even stereotypes that all integrate
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On the preservation and nature of paleo-surfaces and their associated deposits along the Pacific Flank of the Peruvian Andes
The westward-tilted erosion surfaces along the Pacific slope have a significantly greater amount of preserved volcanic deposits to the south
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MAJOR INFLECTIONS AND EROSION TRANSITIONS IN THE CANYONS OF THE PERUVIAN ANDES
Significant geomorphic contrasts exist across the two sides of the continental divide in Peru that are a consequence of dissimilar
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COMPLETION OF 2018 AND THE COMING YEAR OF 2019 WITH “SOUTH AMERICA TO THE WORLD”
The closing of 2018 completes our second full year of blogging about South America. We are placing the map of
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Andean deformation and uplift: a comparison between geological and geochronological constraints with fission-track exhumation method
Uplift of the Andes is a central question on Andean geology. Many studies have addressed uplift as a primary justification
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Base-metal veins of the Peruvian Andes
Peru is world-renowned as a major silver producer, and much of this metal comes from rich mineral veins that are
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