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in 1995. Volcanic hazards do not represent any threat to the major populated centres which are all in the eastern Altiplano or further east, far away from the volcanic centers. Although the Western Cordillera concentrates most active volcanoes (volcanoes active in the last 10000 years) many old large
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towards the Brazilian border. High-grade metamorphic rocks occur in the Bolivian part of the Guaporé Shield partly due to the 2000 million years old "Trans-Amazonian tectonothermal event" that affected parts of South America. Low-grade metamorphic rocks occur as well. The Guaporé Shield is believed
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Proyecto Precámbrico, an Anglo-Bolivian technical cooperation project, explored the area between 1976 and 1986. There are a series of published 1:250,000 scale maps of the area with accompanying bilingual reports, along with more detailed 1:100,000 maps of regions of economic interest. There is a
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The Sub-Andean Zone and the Northern and Eastern Lowlands share a common ancient history but have since the Andean orogeny developed into two distinct zones. While both zones share essentially the same old
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deposit. It is located in the SerranĂ­a de El MutĂşn, also called Cerro MutĂşn or SerranĂ­a de Jacadigo in Brazil. The shield also underlies Serrania Caparuch or Huanchaca which is the inspiration for the
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The geologic and geomorphic evolution of Serrania Huanchaca, eastern Bolivia: the legendary 'Lost World'. M Litherland and G Power: Journal of South American Earth Sciences, Vol 2, No 1, 1–17, 1989.
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The Western Cordillera is made up by a series of active and extinct volcanoes rising from the western edge of the Altiplano plateau. This range divides the Chilean watersheds of
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and associated low erosion rates allowed the mountains to build up to their current heights. A hypothesis holds that scarce sediment supply to the
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Jones, J.P (1985), "The southern border of the Guaporé Shield in western Brazil and Bolivia: An interpretation of its geologic evolution",
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before the Andes rose. It has been hypothesized that the central Andes gained its great height 26 to 14 mya as result of a compressive
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beneath Bolivia and neighboring areas. The great heights of the Altiplano, Codillera Occidental and Cordillera Oriental are
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sediments into the Andes. It has been suggested that weaknesses in the shield were responsible for the formation of the
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Altiplano basin. The western volcanoes of Bolivia are part of the Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes, a major upper
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fluids have accumulated. The limit between the fold and thrust belt and the Eastern Lowlands is drawn by the
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that bring testimony of past climate changes and lake cycles. The eastern lowlands and sub-Andean zone in
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Baker, M.C.W; Francis, P.W (1978), "Upper Cenozoic Volcanism in the Central Andes – Ages and Volumes",
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milieu and are mostly covered by Tertiary and Quaternary deposits. The bulk of these deposits are now
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that rather than being a range by its own is the eastern continuation of the Central Cordillera as a
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are northwest-southeast oriented while south of it they are north-south oriented. These bodies of
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Cordillera Oriental is made up of a bended arc of plutons. The bend occurs at the latitude of
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published geochemical atlas. Most of this data is summarised in an "Overseas Memoir" of the
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The Altiplano plateau or Meseta del Collasuyu to differentiate it from other Andean high
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volcanic province. Volcanic eruptions in Bolivia are scarce, the latest one occurred in
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Magmatie and Metallogenetie Episodes in the Northern Tin Belt, Cordillera Real, Bolivia
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Litherland, M; Bloomfield, K (1981), "The proterozoic history of eastern Bolivia",
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for these channel systems has been likened to that on the floor of the present day
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The role of climate in high plateau formation. Insights from numerical experiments
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Sandra L. McBride, Ronald C. R. Robertson, Alan H. Clark and Edward Farrar. 1983.
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The Andes of Bolivia began to rise about 200 million years ago (mya) during the
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form the northern, highly uplifted and eroded, part of the Central Cordillera.
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is a wide and long-lived intermontane sedimentary basin with no outlet; it is
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rises up to 100 km away from the main line of the Western Cordillera.
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high plateau extends. This basin hosts several freshwater lakes, including
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Major geological units (left) in Bolivia coincide with topography (right)
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basins. The shield expresses itself topographically as a large elevated
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Guaporé Shield (also called Central Brazil Shield) makes up most of the
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landscapes are common in the Central Cordillera and the Sub-Andean Zone
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Cenozoic evolution of the Central Andes in Bolivia and northern Chile
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Cenozoic climate change as a possible cause for the rise of the Andes
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The Geology and Mineral Resources of the Bolivian Precambrian Shield
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is divided into three main ranges; these are from west to east: the
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deformation associated with the Andean orogeny forced hydrocarbons
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filled channels. In the 1970s these sandstone were interpreted as
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have been interpreted as an effect of two temporary decreases in
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The geology of the eastern lowlands is dominated by the ancient
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A. J. Tankard; Ramiro Suárez Soruco; Herman J. Welsink (1995).
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A. J. Tankard; Ramiro Suárez Soruco; Herman J. Welsink (1995).
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A. J. Tankard; Ramiro Suárez Soruco; Herman J. Welsink (1995).
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Neogene climate change and uplift in the Atacama Desert, Chile
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The Bolivian Altiplano hosts the world's largest reserves of
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processes in the Pacific and an eastern lowlands of stable
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Hydrothermal Processes and Mineral Systems. Pages 376–381.
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David R. Montgomery, Greg Balco and Sean D. Willett. 2001
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and its fertile valley. This fault zone is related to the
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is one of several volcanoes along Cordillera Occidental
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process that enhanced the Andean mountain building.
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Climate, tectonics, and the morphology of the Andes
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Tectonics and Climate of the Southern Central Andes
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The emplacement of these 346: 306:caused by arid climate induced high 1037:Earth and Planetary Science Letters 704:, which was influenced by repeated 655: 512:. These mineralizations are of the 368:'s volcanoes (background mountain). 13: 1094:. Geologische Rundschau. Vol. 72. 831:stands out as the world's largest 14: 1544: 1356: 1322:(WC191125): 19–28. Archived from 1164:Petroleum Basins of South America 1137:Petroleum Basins of South America 1110:Petroleum Basins of South America 1068:Lamb, Hoke, Kennan, Dewey. 1996. 765: 644:, located just below the city of 141:comprises a variety of different 1362: 380:. 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Index

Map of the large-scale geology of Bolivia
Map showing the relief of Bolivia
Quaternary
volcanics
Tertiary
Cretaceous
Devonian
Silurian
Ordovician
Precambrian
lithologies
tectonic
sedimentary environments
subduction
platforms
shields
Andes
Cordillera Occidental
Chile
volcanoes
geothermal
Cordillera Central
silver
tin
Cordillera Oriental
fold and thrust belt
Altiplano
Lake Titicaca
dry lakes
Santa Cruz

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