Jurassic tectonics in Argentina and Chile: Extension, oblique subduction, rifting, drift and collisions?

• Main Authors: Mpodozis, C., Ramos, V.A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Andes; Patagonia; Rifting; Subduction; Weddell Sea; backarc basin; collision zone; continental breakup; continental margin; extensional tectonics; formation mechanism; hot spot; Jurassic; large igneous province; spreading center; subduction zone; tectonic evolution; tectonic setting; trend analysis; uplift; Argentina; Chile; South America; Southern Ocean; Pacific; Indian; Weddell; Argentine; Rocas
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00044822_v63_n4_p481_Mpodozis; http://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=artiaex&d=paper_00044822_v63_n4_p481_Mpodozis_oai

The Jurassic history of southern South America shows a complex geologic evolution which is the result of different processes that began along the western Gondwana margin during the initial stages of Pangea breakup. Andean subduction along the Pacific continental margin began in the Early Jurassic, a...