Andean Arc Tectonic Setting
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Title
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Andean Arc Tectonic Setting
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Description
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The Andean Arc is located on the western side of the South American continent in the Andes Mountains. The Andean Arc was formed by the collision of the Nazca Plate with the western side of the South American plate. A subduction zone was then formed by the Nazca plate subducting beneath the South American continent, which produced the Andean Arc.
Picture from:
Winter, J. D. (n.d.). Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology Class Material.
Retrieved May 6, 2015, from https://www.whitman.edu/geology/winter/
JDW_PetClass.htm
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Creator
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Claire Kojaian
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Mediator
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Tamara Carley
carleyt@lafayette.edu
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Rights Holder
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Lafayette College Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences
