Structure and geodynamics of the post-collision zone between the Nazca–Antarctic spreading center and South America
The Chile Triple Junction (CTJ) is the place where the Chile Ridge (Nazca–Antarctic spreading center) is subducting beneath the continental South American plate. Sediment accretion is active to the south of the CTJ in the area where the northward migrating Chile Ridge has collided with the continent...
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ftoceanrep:oai:oceanrep.geomar.de:15012 2023-05-15T13:45:50+02:00 Structure and geodynamics of the post-collision zone between the Nazca–Antarctic spreading center and South America Maksymowicz, Andrei Contreras-Reyes, Eduardo Grevemeyer, Ingo Flueh, Ernst R. 2012 text https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/15012/ https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/15012/1/Maksymowicz.pdf https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2012.06.023 en eng Elsevier https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/15012/1/Maksymowicz.pdf Maksymowicz, A., Contreras-Reyes, E., Grevemeyer, I. and Flueh, E. R. (2012) Structure and geodynamics of the post-collision zone between the Nazca–Antarctic spreading center and South America. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 345/348 . pp. 27-37. DOI 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.06.023 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2012.06.023>. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2012.06.023 info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Article PeerReviewed 2012 ftoceanrep https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2012.06.023 2023-04-07T15:04:45Z The Chile Triple Junction (CTJ) is the place where the Chile Ridge (Nazca–Antarctic spreading center) is subducting beneath the continental South American plate. Sediment accretion is active to the south of the CTJ in the area where the northward migrating Chile Ridge has collided with the continent since 14 Ma. At the CTJ, tectonic erosion of the overriding plate narrows and steepens the continental slope. We present here a detailed tomographic image of the upper lithospheric Antarctic–South America subduction zone where the Chile Ridge collided with the continent 3–6 Ma off Golfo de Penas. Results reveal that a large portion of trench sediment has been scraped off and frontally accreted to the forearc forming a 70–80 km wide accretionary prism. The velocity–depth model shows a discontinuity at 30–40 km landward of the deformation front, which is interpreted as the contact between the frontal (poorly consolidated sedimentary unit) and middle (more compacted sedimentary unit) accretionary prism. The formation of this discontinuity could be related to a short term episode of reduced trench sedimentation. In addition, we model the shape of the continental slope using a Newtonian fluid rheology to study the convergence rate at which the accretionary prism was formed. Results are consistent with an accretionary prism formed after the collision of the Chile Ridge under slow convergence rate similar to those observed at present between Antarctic and South America (∼2.0 cm/a). Based on the kinematics of the Chile Ridge subduction during the last 13 Ma, we propose that the accretionary prism off Golfo de Penas was formed recently (∼5 Ma) after the collision of the Chile Ridge with South America. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic OceanRep (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre für Ocean Research Kiel) Antarctic Earth and Planetary Science Letters 345-348 27 37 |
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The Chile Triple Junction (CTJ) is the place where the Chile Ridge (Nazca–Antarctic spreading center) is subducting beneath the continental South American plate. Sediment accretion is active to the south of the CTJ in the area where the northward migrating Chile Ridge has collided with the continent since 14 Ma. At the CTJ, tectonic erosion of the overriding plate narrows and steepens the continental slope. We present here a detailed tomographic image of the upper lithospheric Antarctic–South America subduction zone where the Chile Ridge collided with the continent 3–6 Ma off Golfo de Penas. Results reveal that a large portion of trench sediment has been scraped off and frontally accreted to the forearc forming a 70–80 km wide accretionary prism. The velocity–depth model shows a discontinuity at 30–40 km landward of the deformation front, which is interpreted as the contact between the frontal (poorly consolidated sedimentary unit) and middle (more compacted sedimentary unit) accretionary prism. The formation of this discontinuity could be related to a short term episode of reduced trench sedimentation. In addition, we model the shape of the continental slope using a Newtonian fluid rheology to study the convergence rate at which the accretionary prism was formed. Results are consistent with an accretionary prism formed after the collision of the Chile Ridge under slow convergence rate similar to those observed at present between Antarctic and South America (∼2.0 cm/a). Based on the kinematics of the Chile Ridge subduction during the last 13 Ma, we propose that the accretionary prism off Golfo de Penas was formed recently (∼5 Ma) after the collision of the Chile Ridge with South America. |
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Structure and geodynamics of the post-collision zone between the Nazca–Antarctic spreading center and South America |
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https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/15012/1/Maksymowicz.pdf Maksymowicz, A., Contreras-Reyes, E., Grevemeyer, I. and Flueh, E. R. (2012) Structure and geodynamics of the post-collision zone between the Nazca–Antarctic spreading center and South America. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 345/348 . pp. 27-37. DOI 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.06.023 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2012.06.023>. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2012.06.023 |
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