Jump to content

Cachet Fault

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Cwmhiraeth (talk | contribs) at 11:25, 1 January 2018 (Adding stub template). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Cachet Fault is a dextral strike-slip fault in Aysén Region, Chile. The fault runs in north-south direction right to the east of the Northern Patagonian Ice Field. Various west-east glacial valleys have been displaced the movement of the fault. The existence of the fault and its movement has been linked to the Chile Triple Junction and the oblique subduction of Nazca Plate. The fault exhibits present-day seismicity. Together, Exploradores Fault Zone and Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault Zone and Cachet Fault makes up the boundaries of a crustal block that has been uplifted hosting at present the Northern Patagonian Ice Field.[1]

References

  1. ^ Georgieva, Viktoria; Melnick, Daniel; Schildgen, Taylor F.; Ehlers, Todd A.; Lagabrielle, Yves; Enkelmann, Eva; Strecker, Manfred R. (2016). "Tectonic control on rock uplift, exhumation, and topography above an oceanic ridge collision: Southern Patagonian Andes (47°S), Chile". Tectonics. 35 (6): 1317. Bibcode:2016Tecto..35.1317G. doi:10.1002/2016TC004120.
Stub icon

This geology article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cachet_Fault&oldid=818076529"