Friday, August 31, 2018

Argentina is located on the of South American Plate but is still near the Nazca Plate. The South American Plate is surrounded by the Caribbean Plate, the Nazca plate, the Antarctic Plate and the African Plate. These two plates are convergent boundaries this is where the plates are moving toward each other causing compression. These compressions cause large mountain ranges and volcanoes. Argentina is near Chile which has the Andes mountains which are a result of these compressions.

Martin, Erin.“Plate Tectonics in the Sierras Pampeanas, Argentina with Erin Martin.” TravelingGeologist. http://www.travelinggeologist.com/2017/08/plate-tectonics-in-the-sierras-pampeanas-argentina/. Accessed 31 August 2018

Keller, A. Edward, and Duane E. DeVecchio. Natural Hazards, Earth's Processes as Hazards, Disasters, and Catastrophes. 4th ed., Pearson Education, 2015. Print. Accessed 29 August 2018

Shin, Edward. “South American Plate.” Americas: Tectonics. https://americastectonics.weebly.com/south-american-plate.html. Web 2017. Accessed 31 August 2018



2 comments:

  1. Great blog post, is this area also prone to earthquakes? Your blog was insightful I did not realize there was volcanic activity in Argentina. Is there any other hazards in this region ?

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  2. Hi Christian! My country is Chile, the neighbor of yours! I also read about the Nazca and South American plates' convergence. You say in your post that the convergence causes mountain ranges as well as volcanoes to emerge but I'm curious - are the volcanoes active?
    Great post!
    Alyssa

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