Type Geological complex Country Chile Named for Bahía Mansa | Thickness Thousands of meters Primary Schist | |
Underlies Mesozoic and Cenozoic sediments Other Blueschist, Greenschist, Slate Regions Los Ríos Region, Los Lagos Region | ||
The Bahía Mansa Metamorphic Complex or BMMC is a group of metamorphic geologic formations of the Chilean Coast Range in southern Chile. It consists mainly in pelitic schists, metagreywackes and oceanic type mafic metavolcanics. The complex owes its name to Bahía Mansa.
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