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Río Murta (volcano)

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Corgne, Alexandre; Maury, René C; Lagabrielle, Yves; Bourgois, Jacques; Suarez, Manuel; Cotten, Joseph; Bellon, Hervé (2001-10-15). "La diversité des basaltes de Patagonie à la latitude du point triple du Chili (46°–47° lat. S) : données complémentaires et implications sur les conditions de la
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Demant, Alain; Belmar, Mauricio; Hervé, Francisco; Pankhurst, Robert J.; Suárez, Manuel (1998-12-01). "Pétrologie et éochimie des basaltes de Murta : une éruption sous-glaciaire dans les Andes patagoniennes (46° lat. S.), Chili. Relation avec la subduction de la ride du Chili".
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has yielded ages of 900,000 - 850,000 years before present, some flows are too young to date and the relatively well conserved appearance suggest a
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volcanism north of the gap generated by the fast subduction of the older and colder
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volcanism south of the gap formed by the slow subduction of the younger and warmer
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along the valleys of the Río Murta. These flows display columnar joints,
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were intruded into this basement and may have an origin in the
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Volcanic activity in the region is in part influenced by the
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age. 40 kilometres (25 mi) northwest of Río Murta lies
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opened up and allowed the rise of alkali basalt magmas.
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indicate that the eruptions happened beneath glaciers.
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Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série IIA
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Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série IIA
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46°10′12″S 72°42′29″W / 46.17°S 72.708°W / -46.17; -72.708
Chile
lava flows
lava tubes
pillow lavas
palagonite
Chile Triple Junction
Chile Rise
subducted
Peru-Chile Trench
Andean Volcanic Belt
Southern Volcanic Zone
Nazca Plate
South America Plate
Austral Volcanic Zone
Antarctic Plate
slab window
basalts
potassium
phenocrysts
clinopyroxene
olivine
plagioclase
asthenosphere
Paleozoic
Mesozoic
plutons
Northern Patagonian Batholith
subduction
Nazca Plate

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