Cerro Cariquima

Cariquima
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19°33′S 68°41′W / 19.55°S 68.68°W / -19.55; -68.68[1]

Cerro Cariquima is a 5,365 metres (17,602 ft) high volcano in the Andes.[1] It is a sacred mountain of the territory,[2] featuring a mountain sanctuary.[3]

The edifice presently has a volume of 36 cubic kilometres (8.6 cu mi) and based on erosion an age of 4.6 million years has been inferred.[4] The true age of the volcano is unclear; it has a youthful appearance and a cone on the northeast flank was recorded as being active in the last 2000 years, but the appearance of the volcano is similar to other Pliocene volcanoes and no evidence of young volcanism is visible.[1] Cariquima is located within the Pica gap which lacks young volcanism.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Cerro Cariquima". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
  2. ^ Reinhard, Johan (January 2002). "A High Altitude Archaeological Survey in Northern Chile". Chungará (Arica). 34 (1). doi:10.4067/S0717-73562002000100005.
  3. ^ Thomas Besom (15 April 2013). Inka Human Sacrifice and Mountain Worship: Strategies for Empire Unification. UNM Press. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-8263-5308-5.
  4. ^ Karátson, D.; Telbisz, T.; Wörner, G. (February 2012). "Erosion rates and erosion patterns of Neogene to Quaternary stratovolcanoes in the Western Cordillera of the Central Andes: An SRTM DEM based analysis". Geomorphology. 139–140: 122–135. Bibcode:2012Geomo.139..122K. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.10.010.
  5. ^ Wörner, Gerhard; Hammerschmidt, Konrad; Henjes-Kunst, Friedhelm; Lezaun, Judith; Wilke, Hans (December 2000). "Geochronology (40Ar/39Ar, K-Ar and He-exposure ages) of Cenozoic magmatic rocks from Northern Chile (18-22°S): implications for magmatism and tectonic evolution of the central Andes". Revista Geológica de Chile. 27 (2). ISSN 0716-0208. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
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