The fate of the Farallon slab beneath Patagonia and its links to Cenozoic intraplate magmatism, marine transgressions and topographic uplift

• Published in: Earth-Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Navarrete Granzotto, César Rodrigo, Gianni, Guido Martin, Massaferro, Gabriela Isabel, Butler, Kristina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Science
• Subjects: CENOZOIC INTRAPLATE MAGMATISM; MANTLE TRANSITION ZONE; MANTLE-DRIVEN MARINE INCURSION; PATAGONIA; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Patagonia; Argentina; Tilting; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/120027

The arrival and subsequent stagnation of the Farallon/Nazca slab at the mantle transition zone below southern South America triggered seemingly unrelated large-scale geological processes in the second half of the Cenozoic. During this period, three poorly understood regional events have characterize...