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.
Statements (48)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Western Argentina