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The paleosurface on the Paso del Sapo volcanic rocks, Chubut, Argentina

Authors: Aguilera, Emilia Yolanda; Aragon, Eugenio; Carretero, Silvina Claudia;

The paleosurface on the Paso del Sapo volcanic rocks, Chubut, Argentina

Abstract

El Deseado y somon-Cura (o el norte de la Patagonia) macizos de la Patagonia están compuestas de sótano rocas expuestas y una de las provincias más grandes silíceas en el mundo, con un volumen de 235.000 km3, de acuerdo con Pankhurst et al. (1995). Este volcanismo Jurásico medio tiene una edad de 43 Ma, la edad disminuye regularmente desde ENE al WSW a lo largo de la Patagonia. Estos episodios volcánicos precedió a la apertura del Océano Atlántico y que corresponde a una provincia extensional que cubren una amplia región continental, intraplaca. La mayoría de las características topográficas del Mesozoico en ambos macizos están relacionados con el volcanismo Jurásico y un sistema de fracturas NE. Desde el Jurásico al Cretácico tardío, la meseta de ignimbritas y los estratovolcanes de la Patagonia cinturón Mesozoico han estado expuestos a un proceso de erosión con lo que el macizo de las superficies niveladas a una superficie de aplanamiento. Los sedimentos del Cretácico tardío consiste en una unidad delgada, dispersos, que se distribuye en las superficies de aplanamiento en el Macizo somon-Cura. Un remanente de esta superficie de aplanamiento enterrados se pueden observar entre Paso del Sapo y Piedra Parada, a lo largo del valle del río Chubut. Un cinturón de estratovolcanes del Jurásico Medio (representado por la Fm. Alvar), Que consiste en lavas, autobreccias y diques andesíticos, se deterioró a un sub plana y horizontal, la preservación de una capa de regolito que es el producto de la alteración subyacente vulcanita y está cubierta por areniscas de cuarzo del Cretácico Superior Paso del Sapo Fm. Esta relación estratigráfica límites de la edad de las superficies de aplanamiento a última hora el Mesozoico. Por lo tanto, esta superficie aplanamiento se puede correlacionar con la superficie de aplanamiento gondwánico de Lester C. King. Principios de la tectónica de placas Terciario produjo la exhumación de las superficies de aplanamiento enterradas bajo su propia regolito, la reactivación de la erosión de las superficies y las pequeñas cuencas.

The Deseado and Somon-Cura (or Northern Patagonian) massifs in Patagonia are composed of basement exposed rocks and one of the largest siliceous provinces in the world, with a volume of 235,000 km3, according to Pankhurst et al. (1995). This Middle Jurassic volcanism has an age of 43 Ma; its age decreases regularly from ENE to WSW along Patagonia. These volcanic episodes preceded the opening of the Atlantic Ocean and they correspond to a wide extensional province covering a continental, intraplate region. Most of the Mesozoic topographic features in both massifs are related to Jurassic volcanism and a NE fracture system. From Jurassic times to thelate Cretaceous, the ignimbrite plateau and the stratovolcanoes of the Patagonian Mesozoic belt have been exposed to an erosion process bringing the massif levelled surfaces to a planation surface. The late Cretaceous sediments consist of a thin, scattered unit which is distributed on the planation surfaces in the Somon-Cura Massif. A remnant of this buried planation surface can be observed between Paso del Sapo and Piedra Parada, along the Río Chubut valley. A belt of stratovolcanoes from the Middle Jurassic (represented by the Alvar Fm.), consisting on lavas, autobreccias and andesitic dykes, was eroded to a sub horizontal flat, preserving a mantle of regolith which is the product of the underlying vulcanite alteration and it is overlain by quartz sandstones of the Upper Cretaceous Paso del Sapo Fm. This stratigraphic relationship limits the age of the planation surfaces to Late Mesozoic times. Thus, this planation surface can be correlated with the Gondwanic planation surface of Lester C. King. Early Tertiary plate tectonics produced the exhumation of the planation surfaces buried under their own regolith, reactivating erosion surfaces and small basins.

Fil: Aragon, Eugenio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Centro de Investigaciones Geológicas. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Centro de Investigaciones Geológicas; Argentina

Fil: Carretero, Silvina Claudia. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina

Fil: Aguilera, Emilia Yolanda. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo; Argentina. Dirección de Aplicación de Imágenes Satelitales; Argentina

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https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5, Ciencias Naturales, Patagonian massifs, Geología, Erosion process, planation surface, erosion process, https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1, Jurassic volcanic activity, Planation surface

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