Multistage rifting evolution of the Colorado basin (offshore Argentina): Evidence for extensional settings prior to the South Atlantic opening

• Published in: Terra Nova
• Main Authors: Lovecchio, Juan Pablo, Rohais, Sébastien, Joseph, Philippe, Bolatti, Néstor D., Kress, Pedro R., Gerster, Ricardo, Ramos, Victor Alberto
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc
• Subjects: COLORADO BASIN; ARGENTINA; SOUTH ATLANTIC; EXTENSION; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Pablo; Ricardo; Ramos; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/84833

The identification of three independent rifting events in the Colorado basin area highlights the complexity of its Mesozoic rifting history, which ended in the Early Cretaceous with the opening of the South Atlantic Ocean. A first rifting event, associated with the extensional reactivation of previo...