Cochabamba Fault Zone

Cochabamba Fault Zone

The Cochabamba Fault Zone or Cochabamba Shear Zone is a east-southeast trending zone of sinistral strike-slip faults near the city of Cochabamba in the Bolivian Andes. The movements along Cochabamba Fault Zone are related to the bend in the Andes from running in a north-west direction to a north-south direction at this latitude. The compression of the crust at the Arica Elbow causes part of the thrust belt in the Bolivian Andes to acquire a lateral movement to escape from the compression taking place along the elbow axis.[1]

See also

  • Atacama Fault
  • Geology of Bolivia

References

  1. ^ Dewey and Lamb 1992. Active tectonics of the Andes. Tectonophysics.

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