The Basement of the Andean Frontal Cordillera in the Cordón del Plata (Mendoza, Argentina): Geodynamic Evolution

The Andean Paleozoic basement of the Cordón del Plata (Argentina) consists of two sets of rocks showing different stratigraphy, structure and metamorphism. The lower one is represented by the pre-Carboniferous (Devonian?) Vallecitos beds. These rocks have been affected by folds and associated cleava...

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Autores principales:	Heredia,Nemesio, Farias,Pedro, García-Sansegundo,Joaquín, Giambiagi,Laura
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería (SERNAGEOMIN) 2012
Materias:	Paleozoic Basement Chanic Orogeny Gondwanan Orogeny Geodynamic Evolution Frontal Cordillera Andes Argentina
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-710620120002000032012-07-11The Basement of the Andean Frontal Cordillera in the Cordón del Plata (Mendoza, Argentina): Geodynamic EvolutionHeredia,NemesioFarias,PedroGarcía-Sansegundo,JoaquínGiambiagi,Laura Paleozoic Basement Chanic Orogeny Gondwanan Orogeny Geodynamic Evolution Frontal Cordillera Andes Argentina The Andean Paleozoic basement of the Cordón del Plata (Argentina) consists of two sets of rocks showing different stratigraphy, structure and metamorphism. The lower one is represented by the pre-Carboniferous (Devonian?) Vallecitos beds. These rocks have been affected by folds and associated cleavage, developed under low-grade metamor-phic conditions and related to the Chanic orogenic event of the Famatinian Orogenic Cycle (Upper Devonian-Lower Carboniferous). The Vallecitos beds is pre-orogenic to the Chanic deformation event and must have been deposited in a fore-arc basin located on the active margin of Chilenia, before its collision with the passive margin of Gondwana. The upper set unconformably rests on the Vallecitos beds and consists of the Late Carboniferous El Plata Formation, and the Río Blanco Conglomerates, probably Late Carboniferous-Permian in age. These rocks have been affected by east-directed thrusts and associated folds formed under very low-grade to non-metamorphic conditions. This deformation can be related to the San Rafael phase (Gondwanan Orogen). The El Plata Formation was deposited in an extensional back-arc basin while the Río Blanco conglomerates must have been deposited in a retro-arc basin, both of them on the active margin of Gondwana. The Choiyoi Group, essentially volcanic and Permo-Triasic in age, rests unconformably on the previously described successions and was deposited in an extensional setting (pre-orogenic stage) associated with the beginning of the Andean Cycle. This cycle lead to the uplift of the Frontal Cordillera during the Cenozoic and the deposition of thick continental units at the base of the Cordón del Plata in Neogene-Quaternary times.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessServicio Nacional de Geología y Minería (SERNAGEOMIN)Andean geology v.39 n.2 20122012-05-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-71062012000200003en
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topic	Paleozoic Basement Chanic Orogeny Gondwanan Orogeny Geodynamic Evolution Frontal Cordillera Andes Argentina
spellingShingle	Paleozoic Basement Chanic Orogeny Gondwanan Orogeny Geodynamic Evolution Frontal Cordillera Andes Argentina Heredia,Nemesio Farias,Pedro García-Sansegundo,Joaquín Giambiagi,Laura The Basement of the Andean Frontal Cordillera in the Cordón del Plata (Mendoza, Argentina): Geodynamic Evolution
description	The Andean Paleozoic basement of the Cordón del Plata (Argentina) consists of two sets of rocks showing different stratigraphy, structure and metamorphism. The lower one is represented by the pre-Carboniferous (Devonian?) Vallecitos beds. These rocks have been affected by folds and associated cleavage, developed under low-grade metamor-phic conditions and related to the Chanic orogenic event of the Famatinian Orogenic Cycle (Upper Devonian-Lower Carboniferous). The Vallecitos beds is pre-orogenic to the Chanic deformation event and must have been deposited in a fore-arc basin located on the active margin of Chilenia, before its collision with the passive margin of Gondwana. The upper set unconformably rests on the Vallecitos beds and consists of the Late Carboniferous El Plata Formation, and the Río Blanco Conglomerates, probably Late Carboniferous-Permian in age. These rocks have been affected by east-directed thrusts and associated folds formed under very low-grade to non-metamorphic conditions. This deformation can be related to the San Rafael phase (Gondwanan Orogen). The El Plata Formation was deposited in an extensional back-arc basin while the Río Blanco conglomerates must have been deposited in a retro-arc basin, both of them on the active margin of Gondwana. The Choiyoi Group, essentially volcanic and Permo-Triasic in age, rests unconformably on the previously described successions and was deposited in an extensional setting (pre-orogenic stage) associated with the beginning of the Andean Cycle. This cycle lead to the uplift of the Frontal Cordillera during the Cenozoic and the deposition of thick continental units at the base of the Cordón del Plata in Neogene-Quaternary times.
author	Heredia,Nemesio Farias,Pedro García-Sansegundo,Joaquín Giambiagi,Laura
author_facet	Heredia,Nemesio Farias,Pedro García-Sansegundo,Joaquín Giambiagi,Laura
author_sort	Heredia,Nemesio
title	The Basement of the Andean Frontal Cordillera in the Cordón del Plata (Mendoza, Argentina): Geodynamic Evolution
title_short	The Basement of the Andean Frontal Cordillera in the Cordón del Plata (Mendoza, Argentina): Geodynamic Evolution
title_full	The Basement of the Andean Frontal Cordillera in the Cordón del Plata (Mendoza, Argentina): Geodynamic Evolution
title_fullStr	The Basement of the Andean Frontal Cordillera in the Cordón del Plata (Mendoza, Argentina): Geodynamic Evolution
title_full_unstemmed	The Basement of the Andean Frontal Cordillera in the Cordón del Plata (Mendoza, Argentina): Geodynamic Evolution
title_sort	basement of the andean frontal cordillera in the cordón del plata (mendoza, argentina): geodynamic evolution
publisher	Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería (SERNAGEOMIN)
publishDate	2012
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The Basement of the Andean Frontal Cordillera in the Cordón del Plata (Mendoza, Argentina): Geodynamic Evolution

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