Geological map from the central and southern Puna
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Structural features
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Geological units
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Thrust fault, W, inferred
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Modern saltpans
Andesite/dacite
Quaternary deposit, undif.
Rhyodacite
Alluvial fan
Rhyolite
Pliocene to Pleistocene terrace deposits
Ignimbrite
Permian sediments
Early Mesozoic sediments and volcanics
Late Oligocene to early Miocene sediments
Basaltic andesite/Basalt
Early Miocene to middle Miocene sediments
Hydrothermal alteration
Middle Miocene to Quaternary sediments
Quaternary volcanics, undif.
Tertiary sediments, undif.
Paleozoic low grade metamorphic sed. and volc.
Quaternary basaltic Andesite
Early Paleozoic granites
Andesite
Precambrian cristalline basement
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Thrust fault, W
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Thrust fault, E
Thrust faul, E, inferred
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Normal fault
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Anticline
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Fault
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Fault, inferred
Caldera
Cartographic features
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