Artículo
Development of an incipient Paleogene topography between the present-day Eastern Andean Plateau (Puna) and the Eastern Cordillera, southern Central Andes, NW Argentina
Montero López, Carolina; Hongn, Fernando Daniel
; López Steinmetz, Romina Lucrecia
; Aramayo, Alejandro José
; Pingel, Heiko; Strecker, Manfred R.; Cottle, John M.; Bianchi, Carlos Luis
Fecha de publicación:
25/09/2020
Editorial:
Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc
Revista:
Basin Research
ISSN:
0950-091X
Idioma:
Inglés
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Resumen
The structural and topographic evolution of orogenic plateaus is an important research topic because of its impact on atmospheric circulation patterns, the amount and distribution of rainfall, and resulting changes in surface processes. The Puna region in the north-western Argentina (between 13°S and 27°S) is part of the Andean Plateau, which is the world's second largest orogenic plateau. In order to investigate the deformational events responsible for the initial growth of this part of the Andean plateau, we carried out structural and stratigraphic investigations within the present-day transition zone between the northern Puna and the adjacent Eastern Cordillera to the east. This transition zone is characterized by ubiquitous exposures of continental middle Eocene redbeds of the Casa Grande Formation. Our structural mapping, together with a sedimentological analysis of these units and their relationships with the adjacent mountain ranges, has revealed growth structures and unconformities that are indicative of syntectonic deposition. These findings support the notion that tectonic shortening in this part of the Central Andes was already active during the middle Paleogene, and that early Cenozoic deformation in the region that now constitutes the Puna occurred in a spatially irregular manner. The patterns of Paleogene deformation and uplift along the eastern margin of the present-day plateau correspond to an approximately north-south oriented swath of reactivated basement heterogeneities (i.e. zones of mechanical weakness) stemming from regional Paleozoic mountain building that may have led to local concentration of deformation belts.
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Montero López, Carolina; Hongn, Fernando Daniel; López Steinmetz, Romina Lucrecia; Aramayo, Alejandro José; Pingel, Heiko; et al.; Development of an incipient Paleogene topography between the present-day Eastern Andean Plateau (Puna) and the Eastern Cordillera, southern Central Andes, NW Argentina; Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc; Basin Research; 33; 2; 25-9-2020; 1194-1217
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