Patagonia: where does it come from?

• Published in: Journal of Iberian Geology
• Main Authors: Ramos, Víctor A., Naipauer, Maximiliano
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Ediciones Complutense 2014
• Subjects: Archeocyathids; Shackleton Limestones; Early Paleozoic; Orthogneisses; Ross Orogeny; Arqueociátidos; Calizas Shackleton; Eopaleozoico; Ortogneises; Orogenia de Ross; East Antarctica; Patagonia; Pensacola Mountains; Shackleton; Transantarctic Mountains; Victoria Land; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antártida
• Online Access: https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/JIGE/article/view/45304; https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_JIGE.2014.v40.n2.45304

Based on the recent finding of archeocyathids in molassic middle Cambrian to Early Ordovician age-sequences of northern Patagonia the relationships between this southern part of South America and East Antarctica need to be re-examined. The early Cambrian age of the archeocyathids, and their derivati...