The subduction of the Copiapó aseismic ridge, is the causing of the formation of metallic minerals deposits in north of Chile and Argentina?

The results obtained in this work evince that the metallic mineral deposits located in the northern region of the Chilean-Pampean flat slab (in northern Chile and north-western Argentina), at approximately 27° 30′S, would be related to the subduction of the Copiapó aseismic ridge. The analysis of th...

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Main Authors: Mario Gimenez, Gemma Acosta, Orlando Alvarez, Agustina Pesce, Federico Lince Kinger, Andres Folguera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2019-11-01
Series:Geodesy and Geodynamics
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674984719300308