Late Cretaceous – early Eocene counterclockwise rotation of the Fueguian Andes and evolution of the Patagonia-Antarctic Peninsula system

• Published in: Tectonophysics
• Main Authors: Poblete, Fernando, Roperch, Pierrick, Arriagada, Cesar, Ruffet, Gilles, Ramírez De Arellano, Cristobal, Hervé, Francisco, Poujol, Marc
• Other Authors: Géosciences Rennes (GR), Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Rennes (OSUR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Departamento de Geologia, Facultad de Ciencias Fisicas y Matemáticas-Universitad de Chile, Carrera de Geología, Universidad Andrés Bello - UNAB (CHILE), CONICYT, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2016
• Subjects: Plate tectonics; Patagonian Orocline; Tectonics; Fuegian Andes; Paleomagnetism; Antarctic Peninsula; [SDU.STU.TE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Tectonics; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Patagonia; Rocas; Antarc*; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-01244615; https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-01244615/document; https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-01244615/file/poblete-tectonophysics-2015-HAL.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2015.11.025

International audience The southernmost Andes of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego present a prominent arc-shaped structure: the Patagonian Bend. Whether the bending is a primary curvature or an orocline is still matter of controversy. New paleomagnetic data have been obtained south of the Beagle Chann...