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south. The graben channeled mountain glaciers which formed terminal moraine helping to modify the present-day shape of the lake. The tectonic activity that formed the depression can be inferred to subduction of the triple joint that has occurred over the past 20 million years, as indicated by ripple marks in volcaniclastic sediments observed along the southern shoreline. There is some speculation on whether the tectonics and
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The Marble Caves, Marble Chapel, and Marble
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formed by SWS-ENE normal faults that have resulted in down-dropping the bottom of the lake to 350 meters (1,150 ft) below mean sea level. Preservation of younger lithostratigraphic units within the graben form reverse stratigraphy with older units exposed at higher topographic elevations to the
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Lagabrielle, Yves; Suárez, Manuel; Rossello, Eduardo A.; Hérail, Gérard; Martinod, Joseph; Régnier, Marc; de la Cruz, Rita (2004). "Neogene to
Quaternary tectonic evolution of the Patagonian Andes at the latitude of the Chile Triple Junction".
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B. Scalabrino, et al., A morphotectonic analysis of central
Patagonian Cordillera: Negative inversion of the Andean belt over a buried spreading center?, TECTONICS, VOL. 29, TC2010, doi:10.1029/2009TC002453,
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730:[Identification of the "Coluguape" lake in historical cartography (1775-1898): Its connection to the Buenos Aires-General Carrera lake and Musters- Colhue Huapi lake system].
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farming. A car ferry operates between Puerto
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686:. Ministerio del Interior de Chile. 1959-09-09.
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1132:International lakes of South America
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374:(Argentine part) is a deep
27:Lake in Argentina and Chile
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1127:Cenozoic rifts and grabens
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359:not a well-defined measure
283:586 m (1,923 ft)
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600:Map of the Chilean zone
470:Puerto Ingeniero Ibáñez
332:Puerto Ingeniero Ibáñez
1122:Argentina–Chile border
1137:Lakes of Aysén Region
546:asthenospheric window
511:fishing destination.
154:46.43750°S 71.71500°W
852:at Wikimedia Commons
850:General Carrera Lake
659:"GNS: Country Files"
394:name of the lake is
368:General Carrera Lake
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1066:Jorge Montt
887:Hydrography
757:11336/27464
583:Chile Chico
474:Chile Chico
435:Baker River
378:located in
328:Chile Chico
324:Settlements
228:Baker River
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132:Coordinates
1116:Categories
1091:San Rafael
1030:San Rafael
945:Mañihuales
733:Magallania
709:2021-12-29
669:2010-06-27
637:References
581:Boat near
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280:Max. depth
206:San MartĂn
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142:46°26′15″S
1081:O'Higgins
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965:San Tadeo
915:Chacabuco
656:webpage:
404:Coluguape
384:Argentina
380:Patagonia
226:and then
198:Jeinemeni
125:Patagonia
1051:Bernardo
1044:Glaciers
1010:Bertrand
1005:Cochrane
935:Figueroa
925:Cochrane
625:See also
493:European
489:criollos
458:Fachinal
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396:Chelenko
105:Location
1101:Steffen
1056:Colonia
970:Simpson
930:Colonia
801:Bibcode
703:El PaĂs
556:Gallery
552:years.
531:Geology
423:glacial
408:Mapuche
1035:Yulton
955:Pascua
950:Palena
940:Ibañéz
920:Cisnes
898:Rivers
617:marble
613:Folded
537:graben
509:salmon
316:Frozen
202:Ibáñez
998:Lakes
975:Mayer
910:Baker
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587:Chile
505:trout
501:sheep
427:Andes
406:from
388:Chile
319:never
250:Basin
210:Delta
190:Soler
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780:2010
515:Area
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