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GEOLOGYHOMEJAMES M. WISESOUTH AMERICA GEOLOGY

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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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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GEOLOGYHOMEJAMES M. WISESOUTH AMERICA GEOLOGY

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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Remarkable folded dacitic dikes at Mina Ragra, Peru

Peru has a very unusual historic vanadium deposit called Mina Ragra that was produced from a small open pit located

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LOS POZONES HOT SPRING – CHILE

AUGUST FEATURED HOT SPRING: LOS POZONES IN CHILE Los Pozones, in the southern Chile lakes region (-39.22622, -71.65059), literally translates

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