Sismicidad localizada en la zona del Bloque San Rafael, Argentina
; Spagnotto, Silvana Liz
; Nacif Suvire, Silvina Valeria
; Yacante, Graciela ; Garcia, Hector Pedro Antonio
; Lince Klinger, Federico Gustavo
; Sanchez, Marcos Ariel
; Triep, Enrique Gaudencio Otros responsables
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08/2015
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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Facultad de Ingeniería. Instituto de Geología. Centro de Geociencias; Sociedad Geológica Mexicana. Instituto Nacional de Geoquímica; Sociedad Mexicana de Paleontología
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Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas
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Se reporta la sismicidad registrada en la región sur de la provincia de Mendoza (34.5°S–36°S y 67.5°O–70°O), Argentina. Los datos se obtuvieron a partir de una red sismológica compuesta por 12 estaciones (Experimento Bloque San Rafael “BSR”). En total, 177 eventos sísmicos se presentan con una distribución en profundidad casi continua. A partir de este trabajo, se observó que la placa de Nazca subducida es sísmicamente activa hasta la profundidad de 230 km. A profundidades inferiores a 35 km pocos eventos sísmicos se encuentran en el Bloque San Rafael y zonas adyacentes; solo algunos de ellos podrían estar relacionados con la falla “Las Malvinas”. Además, se presentan eventos sísmicos de profundidad intermedia asociados al manto litosférico. Esta sismicidad podría estar relacionada con la deshidratación de minerales de la cuña de manto, teniendo en cuenta que estos minerales son estables bajo ciertas condiciones de presión y temperatura. Entonces, cuando las condiciones se alteran, la deshidratación se produce. El ascenso de una pluma astenosférica en la región adyacente podría favorecer estos cambios en las condiciones de estabilidad de los minerales, produciendo la deshidratación de los minerales, y en consecuencia, la sismicidad intermedia localizada. Esta sismicidad, no ha sido evidenciada anteriormente por otras redes y constituye nuevas evidencias de actividad sísmica en la región.
Seismicity registered in the southern region of Mendoza (34.5°S to 36°S and 67.5°W to 70°W), Argentina, has been reported in this work. Data were obtained from a seismological network composed by 12 station (San Rafael Block “BSR” Experiment). A total of 177 seismic events are presented with a nearly continuous distribution with depth. From this work, we observed that the Nazca subducting plate is seismically active up to depth of approximately 230 km. At depths less than 35 km few seismic events are located in San Rafael Block and adjacent zones; only some of them could be related to “Las Malvinas” fault. Additionally, intermediate-depth seismic events associated to the lithospheric mantle are presented. This seismicity could be related to dehydration of the mantle wedge minerals, considering that those minerals are stable under certain pressure and temperature condition. Then, when those conditions are altered, the dehydration occurs. The ascent of an asthenospheric mantle plume in the adjacent region could favor these changes in the stability conditions of the minerals, producing mineral dehydration and consequently the intermediate located seismicity. This seismicity has not been reported previously by other networks and constitutes new evidences of seismicity in the region.
Seismicity registered in the southern region of Mendoza (34.5°S to 36°S and 67.5°W to 70°W), Argentina, has been reported in this work. Data were obtained from a seismological network composed by 12 station (San Rafael Block “BSR” Experiment). A total of 177 seismic events are presented with a nearly continuous distribution with depth. From this work, we observed that the Nazca subducting plate is seismically active up to depth of approximately 230 km. At depths less than 35 km few seismic events are located in San Rafael Block and adjacent zones; only some of them could be related to “Las Malvinas” fault. Additionally, intermediate-depth seismic events associated to the lithospheric mantle are presented. This seismicity could be related to dehydration of the mantle wedge minerals, considering that those minerals are stable under certain pressure and temperature condition. Then, when those conditions are altered, the dehydration occurs. The ascent of an asthenospheric mantle plume in the adjacent region could favor these changes in the stability conditions of the minerals, producing mineral dehydration and consequently the intermediate located seismicity. This seismicity has not been reported previously by other networks and constitutes new evidences of seismicity in the region.
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