Chusmiza

'''Chusmiza complex''' (also known as Cerros de Sotoca)<ref name=FariasCharrier2005 /> is a Miocene volcano in Chile. It is the largest stratovolcano of the Miocene epoch in the western Andean escarpment, with a volume of {{convert|400|km3}}. It is constructed from andesite.<ref name=WornerHammerschmidt2000 /> Potassium-argon dating has established an age of 11.3±0.3 mya.<ref name=FariasCharrier2005 />

== References == {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=WornerHammerschmidt2000>{{cite journal|last1=Wörner|first1=Gerhard|last2=Hammerschmidt|first2=Konrad|last3=Henjes-Kunst|first3=Friedhelm|last4=Lezaun|first4=Judith|last5=Wilke|first5=Hans|title=Geochronology (40Ar/39Ar, K-Ar and He-exposure ages) of Cenozoic magmatic rocks from Northern Chile (18-22°S): implications for magmatism and tectonic evolution of the central Andes|journal=Revista Geológica de Chile|date=December 2000|volume=27|issue=2|url=http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-02082000000200004|accessdate=1 October 2015|issn=0716-0208}}</ref> <ref name=FariasCharrier2005>{{cite journal|last1=Farías|first1=Marcelo|last2=Charrier|first2=Reynaldo|last3=Comte|first3=Diana|last4=Martinod|first4=Joseph|last5=Hérail|first5=Gérard|author-link2=Reynaldo Charrier|title=Late Cenozoic deformation and uplift of the western flank of the Altiplano: Evidence from the depositional, tectonic, and geomorphologic evolution and shallow seismic activity (northern Chile at 19°30′S)|journal=Tectonics|date=August 2005|volume=24|issue=4|pages=n/a|doi=10.1029/2004TC001667|bibcode=2005Tecto..24.4001F|doi-access=free|hdl=10533/176713|hdl-access=free}}</ref>}}

Category:Stratovolcanoes of Chile Category:Miocene stratovolcanoes