Artículo
Chronological and geomorphological approach to the Holocene tephras from Tafí and Santa María valleys, NW Argentina
Fecha de publicación:
03/2020
Editorial:
Cambridge University Press
Revista:
Quaternary Research
ISSN:
0033-5894
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Inglés
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Resumen
A comprehensive morphostratigraphic and chronological study of the complete set of Holocene tephras from Tafí and Santa María valleys (northwestern Argentina), including analyses of compositional characteristics, is presented. Five ash tephras are recognized: V0 (El Rincón), V1a (Carreras 1a ash), V1b (Carreras 1b ash), V2a (Carreras 2 ash), and V2b (El Paso 3 ash). Two of them (V1b and V2b) are described for the first time in the study area. The new 14C and accelerator mass spectrometry ages presented, along with the previously published information, allows for the establishment of a chronological framework. The V0 tephra was deposited in the Early Holocene (about 10,000 yr BP), V1a and V1b were deposited in the Middle Holocene (about 4200 and 3500 yr BP, respectively), and V2a and V2b were deposited in the Late Holocene (after about 800 yr BP). The mineralogical, textural, and geochemical characterizations of the five tephras suggest that their tephra provenance was mainly from the back-arc region. However, the determination of the exact source of each tephra requires more accurate high-resolution tephrochronological studies. At least five major eruptions affected the Tafí and Santa María valleys in the last 10,000 yr.
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Articulos(CCT - NOA SUR)
Articulos de CTRO.CIENTIFICO TECNOL.CONICET - NOA SUR
Articulos de CTRO.CIENTIFICO TECNOL.CONICET - NOA SUR
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Articulos de INST.DE BIO Y GEOCIENCIAS DEL NOA
Articulos de INST.DE BIO Y GEOCIENCIAS DEL NOA
Citación
Sampietro Vattuone, Maria Marta; Baez, Walter Ariel; Peña Monné, José Luis; Sola, Alfonso Manuel; Chronological and geomorphological approach to the Holocene tephras from Tafí and Santa María valleys, NW Argentina; Cambridge University Press; Quaternary Research; 94; 3-2020; 14-30
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