Precordillera

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Precordillera is a geologic and mountainous region in western Argentina characterized by folded sedimentary rocks and significant tectonic activity, forming part of the eastern Andes foothills.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic region
mountain range
adjacentTo Principal Cordillera NERFINISHED
Sierras Pampeanas NERFINISHED
age Carboniferous
Devonian
Ordovician
Paleozoic
Permian
Silurian
contains carbonate platforms
fossiliferous sequences
marine sedimentary sequences
country Argentina
forms eastern Andes foothills NERFINISHED
geologicalCharacteristic folded sedimentary rocks
significant tectonic activity
thrust faults
geologicalProcess crustal shortening
folding
subduction-related deformation
thrusting
highestPoint Cerro Negro del Sur NERFINISHED
knownFor Ordovician carbonate platforms
Paleozoic stratigraphy
structural geology studies
languageOfName Spanish
locatedIn western Argentina NERFINISHED
locatedOn South American Plate NERFINISHED
nameMeaning pre-mountain range
orogeny Andean orogeny NERFINISHED
overlies Cuyania terrane NERFINISHED
partOf Andean orogen NERFINISHED
Andes NERFINISHED
Cuyania terrane NERFINISHED
region La Rioja Province NERFINISHED
Mendoza Province NERFINISHED
San Juan Province NERFINISHED
researchField paleontology
stratigraphy
structural geology
tectonics
rockType carbonate rock
clastic rock
sedimentary rock
tectonicAffinity Gondwana margin NERFINISHED
tectonicSetting Andean foreland NERFINISHED
foreland fold-and-thrust belt

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western Argentina hasMountainRange Precordillera
subject surface form: Western Argentina