Estructura extensional e inversion tectónica en los Andes argentinos entre los 30° 30&apos

In the Andean Frontal Cordillera two tectonostratigraphlc main groups can be defined: a gondwanic basament constituted by devonian and Permo-Carboniferous marine sedimentary rocks, intruded by Upper Paleozoic granitic rocks, and Andean continental volcanic and volcanoclastic unit, essentially Mesozo...

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Autores: Heredia, N., Rodríguez Fernández, L. R., Ragona, D.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:1996
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repositorio:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/12474
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10272/12474
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Andean Cordillera
Andean Orogen
Normal faults
Inversion tectonic
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Sumario:In the Andean Frontal Cordillera two tectonostratigraphlc main groups can be defined: a gondwanic basament constituted by devonian and Permo-Carboniferous marine sedimentary rocks, intruded by Upper Paleozoic granitic rocks, and Andean continental volcanic and volcanoclastic unit, essentially Mesozoic and Tertiary, intruded by Triassic to Miocene stocks. The paleozoic rocks has a characteristic thin skinned structure with East transport direction and remarcabie tangential shortenning. In the Andean rocks two tectonostratigraphic grous can be also defin ed: a mesozoic preorogenic sequence linked with extensionaltectonic event, and a tertiary sinorogenic sequence linked with compresional tectonic event.