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The Republic of Chile has a total surface of 737,000 square kilometers and its geology is dominated by the Tertiary-Quaternary Andean Ridges.
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Acevedo, R.D., Rocca, M.C.L., Ponce, J.F., Stinco, S.G. (2015). Chile. In: Impact Craters in South America. SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13093-4_5
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