Map of the geology of western Taitao Peninsula. Taitao granites and Taitao ophiolites would be mainly focused on in this part. Chile ridge is located west of the Taitao Peninsula, and the geology of Chile Ridge is closely associated with that of Taitao Peninsula.[1][2][3]
The ophiolite formed in connection to the
subduction of the
Chile Rise, a
mid-ocean ridge, beneath South America.[4] More specifically it has been proposed that the ophiolite formed in a
rift of the
forearc region of the South American plate.[6]
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abSchulte, Ruth F.; Schilling, Manuel; Anma, Ryo; Farquhar, James; Horan, Mary F.; Komiya, Tsuyoshi; Piccoli, Philip M.; Pitcher, Lynnette; Walker, Richard J. (2009). "Chemical and chronologic complexity in the convecting upper mantle: Evidence from the Taitao ophiolite, southern Chile". Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 73 (19): 5793–5819.
Bibcode:
2009GeCoA..73.5793S.
doi:
10.1016/j.gca.2009.06.015.