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Daniel H. Sandweiss and Jeffrey Quilter<br />

5.1. Map <strong>of</strong> Peru. Map by Daniel H. Sandweiss.<br />

study from coastal Peru (a medium-term perspective) and a longer-term perspective<br />

on millennial-scale trends in risk, population, and complexity in this<br />

extreme environment.<br />

The Central Andean Coast<br />

The central Andean coast (figure 5.1) is subject to significant natural disasters<br />

that tend to recur frequently but without a predictable periodicity. The Andes<br />

are located on a subducting plate margin (the oceanic Nazca Plate is sliding<br />

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