Team: Barbara Carrapa, Pete DeCelles, Mihai Ducea, Caden Howlett, Chance Ronemus, Facundo Fuentes, Ricardo Alonso, Laura Giambiagi, Maisa Tunik, and Cesar Arriagada.
The east face of Aconcagua, showing clearly the stratified nature of the Miocene dacitic lavas and pyroclastic flow deposits that make up the mountain and its surrounding sedimentary apron. The large glacier on the NE face is the Polish Glacier. (Pete DeCelles)
Overview of the Central Andes
Planned Tectonic Sampling Sites
| The view out our tent’s entrance at sunrise on the morning after our three-day storm-bound adventure on Mt. Mercedario, 2015. (Pete DeCelles) | Tectonics Sampling map. Andean topography and locations of planned fieldwork/sampling/deployments and existing efforts. Note that focus areas for the geological efforts (ca. 22-24°S and 34-36°S) are collocated with seismological profiles (see Seismic Deployment). |
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Contact cadenhowlett@arizona.edu for more information.