Coastal Cliff of northern Chile

The coastal cliff at La Portada near Antofagasta.

The Coastal Cliff of northern Chile (Spanish: Acantilado Costero) stretches over a length of more than 1000 km along the Atacama Desert. It makes up a large part the western boundary to the Chilean Coast Range in the regions of Tarapacá and Antofagasta, and Atacama.[1] According to Roland Paskoff the modern cliff origined from a scarp retreat of a fault scarp, thus at preset the cliff does not follow any fault.[2]

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  1. ↑ Quezada, Jorge; Cerda, José Luis; Jensen, Arturo (2010). "Efectos de la tectónica y el clima en la configuración morfológica del relieve costero del norte de Chile". Andean Geology (in Spanish). 37 (1): 78–109. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  2. ↑ Paskoff, R. (1979). Sobre la Evolución Geomorfológica del gran acantilado costero del Norte Grande de Chile. Norte Grande. Universidad Católica de Chile, Instituto de Geografía, 6, 7-22.

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