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.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Andean precordillera 1
Cuyania terrane 1
Precordillera canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic region ⓘ
mountain range ⓘ
adjacentTo Principal Cordillera ⓘ
Sierras Pampeanas ⓘ
age Carboniferous ⓘ
Devonian ⓘ
Ordovician ⓘ
Paleozoic ⓘ
Permian ⓘ
Silurian ⓘ
contains carbonate platforms ⓘ
fossiliferous sequences ⓘ
marine sedimentary sequences ⓘ
country Argentina ⓘ
forms eastern Andes foothills ⓘ
geologicalCharacteristic folded sedimentary rocks ⓘ
significant tectonic activity ⓘ
thrust faults ⓘ
geologicalProcess crustal shortening ⓘ
folding ⓘ
subduction-related deformation ⓘ
thrusting ⓘ
highestPoint Cerro Negro del Sur ⓘ
knownFor Ordovician carbonate platforms ⓘ
Paleozoic stratigraphy ⓘ
structural geology studies ⓘ
languageOfName Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn western Argentina ⓘ
locatedOn South American Plate ⓘ
nameMeaning pre-mountain range ⓘ
orogeny Andean orogeny ⓘ
overlies Cuyania terrane ⓘ
linked to: Precordillera
partOf Andean orogen ⓘ
linked to: Andean orogeny

Andes ⓘ
Cuyania terrane ⓘ
region La Rioja Province ⓘ
Mendoza Province ⓘ
San Juan Province ⓘ
researchField paleontology ⓘ
stratigraphy ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
rockType carbonate rock ⓘ
clastic rock ⓘ
sedimentary rock ⓘ
tectonicAffinity Gondwana margin ⓘ
tectonicSetting Andean foreland ⓘ
foreland fold-and-thrust belt ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Western Argentina → hasMountainRange → Precordillera ⓘ
subject linked to: western Argentina
Cerro Apoquindo foothills → partOf → Andean precordillera ⓘ
linked to: Precordillera
Precordillera → overlies → Cuyania terrane ⓘ
linked to: Precordillera