Análisis facial y paleoambiental de la Formación Coquena (Tremadociano superior) en la región de Purmamarca, Cordillera Oriental Jujeña

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12/2013
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Instituto Superior de Correlación Geológica
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Serie de Correlación Geológica
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1514-4186
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En la quebrada de Chalala, región de Purmamarca, aflora una sucesión heterolítica dominantemente arenosa que ha sido asignada a la Formación Coquena (Tremadociano superior). La sección presenta un espesor de 350 m., su base se encuentra cubierta, mientras que su techo se dispone discordantemente sedimentos cuaternarios. En este perfil se reconocieron 5 facies sedimentarias correspondientes a sedimentos tamaño arena, que presentan estructuras generadas por olas y corrientes, con escaso material pelítico intercalado. Los niveles psamíticos están compuestos por areniscas muy finas a finas, gris verdosas, muy coherentes, de geometría tabular o lenticular que se caracterizan por poseer niveles bioclásticos. El material de granulometría más fina, presente principalmente en los tramos inferiores a medio del perfil, corresponde a lutitas y limolitas arenosas verdosas, friables, muy alteradas. El estudio de estas facies ha permitido identificar distintos subambientes dentro de la plataforma, desde cara de playa intermedia (shoreface) a plataforma externa (offshore), en donde el material arenoso fue transportado y retrabajado por numerosos eventos episódicos. Las características de las facies sedimentarias y la existencia de información bioestratigráfica permiten realizar inferencias sobre la dinámica sedimentaria de la plataforma ordovícica y establecer correlaciones con otras localidades de la Cordillera Oriental.
The upper Tremadocian Coquena Formation at the Chalala Creek (Purmamarca, northwestern Argentina) is a heterolithic dominantly sandy sequence. A 350 m thick section was relevated, its base is no exposed, while its top is unconformably covered by modern sediments. The succession is represented by five sedimentary facies, which are dominated by sand sediments, showing wave-and current- structures, and subordinate shaly levels. The psamitic levels are composed of very fine to fine, greenish gray, very consistent sandstones. The geometry of these beds is tabular or lenticular characterized by having abundant bioclastic horizons. The finest material, present primarily in the lower to middle part of the profile, corresponds to greenish shales and sandy siltstones, highly alterated. The study of theses facies reflect different subenvironments of platform affected by storms, from middle shoreface to offshore, where the sandy material was transported and re-worked by numerous episodic events. The description and interpretation of these sedimentary facies in association with the biostratigraphic information available, allowed us understanding the sedimentary dynamic of the Ordovician shelf and correlate the Chalala Creek with the others localities of the Eastern Cordillera.
The upper Tremadocian Coquena Formation at the Chalala Creek (Purmamarca, northwestern Argentina) is a heterolithic dominantly sandy sequence. A 350 m thick section was relevated, its base is no exposed, while its top is unconformably covered by modern sediments. The succession is represented by five sedimentary facies, which are dominated by sand sediments, showing wave-and current- structures, and subordinate shaly levels. The psamitic levels are composed of very fine to fine, greenish gray, very consistent sandstones. The geometry of these beds is tabular or lenticular characterized by having abundant bioclastic horizons. The finest material, present primarily in the lower to middle part of the profile, corresponds to greenish shales and sandy siltstones, highly alterated. The study of theses facies reflect different subenvironments of platform affected by storms, from middle shoreface to offshore, where the sandy material was transported and re-worked by numerous episodic events. The description and interpretation of these sedimentary facies in association with the biostratigraphic information available, allowed us understanding the sedimentary dynamic of the Ordovician shelf and correlate the Chalala Creek with the others localities of the Eastern Cordillera.
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