Impossible Geology

P. Kyle House, PhD., Surficial Geologic Mapping Specialist / Geomorphologist

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Here is another structural control on drainage from Chile.  An alluvial fan crosses the neotectonic Atacama Fault northeast of Antofagasta, Chile, completely changing the stream profiles.The flashearth image is here but the image is higher reso…

Here is another structural control on drainage from Chile.  An alluvial fan crosses the neotectonic Atacama Fault northeast of Antofagasta, Chile, completely changing the stream profiles.

The flashearth image is here but the image is higher resolution in Google Earth.

Structural Control on Drainage, Chile II

February 19, 2010 by Kyle House
February 19, 2010 /Kyle House
alluvial fan, desert, neotectonic, structure
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