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Precordillera

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Precordillera 

a fold and block mountain range in northwestern Argentina, in the provinces of La Rioja, San Juan, and Mendoza, between 68° W long, and the Andes. Elevations rise to 5,000 m.

The Precordillera is a group of ranges separated by deep depressions. The climate ranges from tropical to subtropical and is very dry. There are xerophilous forests on the eastern slopes, dry steppes on the level crests, and dry shrubs on the western slopes. The depressions are irrigated, and orchards and vineyards are cultivated.
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At the same time as terranes drifted from northern Gondwana to Laurentia and Baltica, the Precordillera separated from the Ouachita embayment of southeastern Laurentia and drifted toward the South American margin of Gondwana.
Early Paleozoic Peri-Gondwanan Terranes: New Insights from Tectonics ... by Murphy, J. Brendan / Geoscience Canada
Before they arrived in Baltica, Telephina species inhabited a range of environments in the Precordillera from the Arenig evae Biozone (F12) to the Caradoc, and in Laurentia from the Llanvirn to the Caradoc.
Distribution of the order Proetida (Trilobita) in Baltoscandian ... by Parnaste, Helje; Popp, Adrian; Owens, Robert M. / Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences
menapiae (Davidson), was later reported in carbonate rocks of the San Juan Limestone of the Precordillera in northwestern Argentina (Herrera and Benedetto 1991; Benedetto 2001b).
Arenig volcanic and sedimentary strata, central New Brunswick and ... by Poole, W.H.; Neuman, Robert B. / Atlantic Geology
 
 
 
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