Tectonic events reflected by palaeocurrents, zircon geochronology, and palaeobotany in the Sierra Baguales of Chilean Patagonia
The Sierra Baguales, situated north of the Torres Del Paine National Park in the Magallanes region of southern Chile, shows awell-exposed stratigraphic sequence ranging fromthe Late Cretaceous to late Pliocene, which presents a unique opportunity to study the evolution of sedimentological styles and...
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ftunivchile:oai:repositorio.uchile.cl:2250/168775 2023-05-15T13:34:35+02:00 Tectonic events reflected by palaeocurrents, zircon geochronology, and palaeobotany in the Sierra Baguales of Chilean Patagonia Gutiérrez, Néstor M. Le Roux, Jacobus Vásquez, Ana Carreño, Catalina Pedroza, Viviana Araos, José Oyarzún, José Luis Pino, J. Pablo Rivera, Huber A. Hinojosa Opazo, Luis 2017 application/pdf https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2016.12.014 https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/168775 en eng Elsevier Tectonophysics 695 (2017) 76–99 00401951 doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2016.12.014 https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/168775 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Chile http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/cl/ CC-BY-NC-ND Tectonophysics Andean tectonics Antarctic Peninsula Gondwana reconstruction Patagonian Transgression Zircon provenance Artículo de revista 2017 ftunivchile https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2016.12.014 2023-01-22T00:53:20Z The Sierra Baguales, situated north of the Torres Del Paine National Park in the Magallanes region of southern Chile, shows awell-exposed stratigraphic sequence ranging fromthe Late Cretaceous to late Pliocene, which presents a unique opportunity to study the evolution of sedimentological styles and trends, palaeoclimate changes, and tectonic events during this period. The depositional environment changed froma continental slope and shelf during the Cenomanian-Campanian (Tres Pasos Formation) to deltaic between the Campanian-Maastrichtian (Dorotea Formation) and estuarine in the Lutetian-Bartonian (Man Aike Formation). During the Rupelian, a continental environment with meandering rivers and overbank marshes was established (Río Leona Formation). This areawas flooded in the early Burdigalian (Estancia 25 deMayo Formation) during the Patagonian Transgression, but emerged again during the late Burdigalian (Santa Cruz Formation). Measured palaeocurrent directions in this Mesozoic-Cenozoic succession indicate source areas situated between the northeast and east-southeast during the Late Cretaceous, east-southeast during the middle Eocene, and southwest during the early Oligocene to earlyMiocene. This is confirmed by detrital zircon age populations in the different units,which can be linked to probable sources of similar ages in these areas. The east-southeastern provenance is here identified as the Antarctic Peninsula or its northeastern extension, which is postulated to have been attached to Fuegian Patagonia during the Eocene. The southwestern and western sources were exhumed during gradual uplift of the Southern Patagonian Andes, coinciding with a change from marine to continental conditions in the Magallanes-Austral Basin, as well as a decrease in mean annual temperature and precipitation indicated by fossil leaves in the Río Leona Formation. The rain shadow to the east of the Andes thus started to develop here during the late Eocene- early Oligocene (~34Ma), long before the “Quechua Phase” of Andean tectonics ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Universidad de Chile: Repositorio académico Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Austral Magallanes ENVELOPE(-62.933,-62.933,-64.883,-64.883) Paine ENVELOPE(-147.533,-147.533,-86.767,-86.767) Patagonia The Antarctic Tectonophysics 695 76 99 |
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Andean tectonics Antarctic Peninsula Gondwana reconstruction Patagonian Transgression Zircon provenance Gutiérrez, Néstor M. Le Roux, Jacobus Vásquez, Ana Carreño, Catalina Pedroza, Viviana Araos, José Oyarzún, José Luis Pino, J. Pablo Rivera, Huber A. Hinojosa Opazo, Luis Tectonic events reflected by palaeocurrents, zircon geochronology, and palaeobotany in the Sierra Baguales of Chilean Patagonia |
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The Sierra Baguales, situated north of the Torres Del Paine National Park in the Magallanes region of southern Chile, shows awell-exposed stratigraphic sequence ranging fromthe Late Cretaceous to late Pliocene, which presents a unique opportunity to study the evolution of sedimentological styles and trends, palaeoclimate changes, and tectonic events during this period. The depositional environment changed froma continental slope and shelf during the Cenomanian-Campanian (Tres Pasos Formation) to deltaic between the Campanian-Maastrichtian (Dorotea Formation) and estuarine in the Lutetian-Bartonian (Man Aike Formation). During the Rupelian, a continental environment with meandering rivers and overbank marshes was established (Río Leona Formation). This areawas flooded in the early Burdigalian (Estancia 25 deMayo Formation) during the Patagonian Transgression, but emerged again during the late Burdigalian (Santa Cruz Formation). Measured palaeocurrent directions in this Mesozoic-Cenozoic succession indicate source areas situated between the northeast and east-southeast during the Late Cretaceous, east-southeast during the middle Eocene, and southwest during the early Oligocene to earlyMiocene. This is confirmed by detrital zircon age populations in the different units,which can be linked to probable sources of similar ages in these areas. The east-southeastern provenance is here identified as the Antarctic Peninsula or its northeastern extension, which is postulated to have been attached to Fuegian Patagonia during the Eocene. The southwestern and western sources were exhumed during gradual uplift of the Southern Patagonian Andes, coinciding with a change from marine to continental conditions in the Magallanes-Austral Basin, as well as a decrease in mean annual temperature and precipitation indicated by fossil leaves in the Río Leona Formation. The rain shadow to the east of the Andes thus started to develop here during the late Eocene- early Oligocene (~34Ma), long before the “Quechua Phase” of Andean tectonics ... |
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Gutiérrez, Néstor M. Le Roux, Jacobus Vásquez, Ana Carreño, Catalina Pedroza, Viviana Araos, José Oyarzún, José Luis Pino, J. Pablo Rivera, Huber A. Hinojosa Opazo, Luis |
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Gutiérrez, Néstor M. Le Roux, Jacobus Vásquez, Ana Carreño, Catalina Pedroza, Viviana Araos, José Oyarzún, José Luis Pino, J. Pablo Rivera, Huber A. Hinojosa Opazo, Luis |
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Tectonic events reflected by palaeocurrents, zircon geochronology, and palaeobotany in the Sierra Baguales of Chilean Patagonia |
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Tectonic events reflected by palaeocurrents, zircon geochronology, and palaeobotany in the Sierra Baguales of Chilean Patagonia |
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Tectonic events reflected by palaeocurrents, zircon geochronology, and palaeobotany in the Sierra Baguales of Chilean Patagonia |
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Tectonic events reflected by palaeocurrents, zircon geochronology, and palaeobotany in the Sierra Baguales of Chilean Patagonia |
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Tectonic events reflected by palaeocurrents, zircon geochronology, and palaeobotany in the Sierra Baguales of Chilean Patagonia |
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tectonic events reflected by palaeocurrents, zircon geochronology, and palaeobotany in the sierra baguales of chilean patagonia |
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