Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Late Cretaceous-Paleogene units cropping out at the south-eastern margin of Lake Viedma, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina

Late Cretaceous and Paleogene sedimentary rocks of the Austral Basin crop out on the south-eastern margin of Lake Viedma. In the Barrancas Blancas section, 28 m of yellowish sandstone and mudstone of the La Asunción Member of the Anita Formation are transitionally covered by 390 m of greyish sandsto...

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Autores principales: Marenssi, Sergio Alfredo, Santillana, Sergio Néstor
Publicado: 2003
Materias:
Austral Basin
Late Cretaceous
Paleogene
Sedimentology
Stratigraphy
Cretaceous
foreland basin
paleoenvironment
sedimentary sequence
sequence stratigraphy
Argentina
Santa Cruz [Argentina]
South America
Western Hemisphere
World
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spelling paper:paper_00044822_v58_n3_p403_Marenssi2023-06-08T14:25:41Z Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Late Cretaceous-Paleogene units cropping out at the south-eastern margin of Lake Viedma, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina Marenssi, Sergio Alfredo Santillana, Sergio Néstor Austral Basin Late Cretaceous Paleogene Sedimentology Stratigraphy Cretaceous foreland basin paleoenvironment Paleogene sedimentary sequence sequence stratigraphy Argentina Santa Cruz [Argentina] South America Western Hemisphere World Late Cretaceous and Paleogene sedimentary rocks of the Austral Basin crop out on the south-eastern margin of Lake Viedma. In the Barrancas Blancas section, 28 m of yellowish sandstone and mudstone of the La Asunción Member of the Anita Formation are transitionally covered by 390 m of greyish sandstone and mudstone of the Cerro Fortaleza Formation. The former represent a prograding barred nearshore system, whereas the latter correspond to paralic, fluvial and fluvial-tidal sedimentation. The evolution of the depositional sequences, sedimentary palaeoenvironments, sandstone provenance and palaeocurrents indicate that the sediments were deposited during the back-arc (sag) stage of the basin. At Cerro Piramides, Tertiary sedimentary rocks rest with fault contact on top of the Cerro Fortaleza Formation. The limited thickness (<1m) preserved of greenish sandstone of the Man Aike Formation precludes any attempt to interpret its depositional environment. Conglomerate, sandstone and mudstone (locally carbonaceous) of the Río Leona Formation (75 m) rest with erosional contact on the former. These rocks represent a rapid transition from a high energy to low energy fluvial systems that eventually graded into marginal marine environments represented by the fossiliferous sandstones of the Centinela Formation (<3m). The facies arrangement, evolution of the palaeoenvironments, and palaeocurrents suggest that these sediments were deposited during the foreland basin stage. © 2003 Asociación Geológica Argentina. Fil:Marenssi, S.A. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Santillana, S.N. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. 2003 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00044822_v58_n3_p403_Marenssi http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00044822_v58_n3_p403_Marenssi
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topic Austral Basin
Late Cretaceous
Paleogene
Sedimentology
Stratigraphy
Cretaceous
foreland basin
paleoenvironment
Paleogene
sedimentary sequence
sequence stratigraphy
Argentina
Santa Cruz [Argentina]
South America
Western Hemisphere
World
spellingShingle Austral Basin
Late Cretaceous
Paleogene
Sedimentology
Stratigraphy
Cretaceous
foreland basin
paleoenvironment
Paleogene
sedimentary sequence
sequence stratigraphy
Argentina
Santa Cruz [Argentina]
South America
Western Hemisphere
World
Marenssi, Sergio Alfredo
Santillana, Sergio Néstor
Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Late Cretaceous-Paleogene units cropping out at the south-eastern margin of Lake Viedma, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
topic_facet Austral Basin
Late Cretaceous
Paleogene
Sedimentology
Stratigraphy
Cretaceous
foreland basin
paleoenvironment
Paleogene
sedimentary sequence
sequence stratigraphy
Argentina
Santa Cruz [Argentina]
South America
Western Hemisphere
World
description Late Cretaceous and Paleogene sedimentary rocks of the Austral Basin crop out on the south-eastern margin of Lake Viedma. In the Barrancas Blancas section, 28 m of yellowish sandstone and mudstone of the La Asunción Member of the Anita Formation are transitionally covered by 390 m of greyish sandstone and mudstone of the Cerro Fortaleza Formation. The former represent a prograding barred nearshore system, whereas the latter correspond to paralic, fluvial and fluvial-tidal sedimentation. The evolution of the depositional sequences, sedimentary palaeoenvironments, sandstone provenance and palaeocurrents indicate that the sediments were deposited during the back-arc (sag) stage of the basin. At Cerro Piramides, Tertiary sedimentary rocks rest with fault contact on top of the Cerro Fortaleza Formation. The limited thickness (<1m) preserved of greenish sandstone of the Man Aike Formation precludes any attempt to interpret its depositional environment. Conglomerate, sandstone and mudstone (locally carbonaceous) of the Río Leona Formation (75 m) rest with erosional contact on the former. These rocks represent a rapid transition from a high energy to low energy fluvial systems that eventually graded into marginal marine environments represented by the fossiliferous sandstones of the Centinela Formation (<3m). The facies arrangement, evolution of the palaeoenvironments, and palaeocurrents suggest that these sediments were deposited during the foreland basin stage. © 2003 Asociación Geológica Argentina.
author Marenssi, Sergio Alfredo
Santillana, Sergio Néstor
author_facet Marenssi, Sergio Alfredo
Santillana, Sergio Néstor
author_sort Marenssi, Sergio Alfredo
title Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Late Cretaceous-Paleogene units cropping out at the south-eastern margin of Lake Viedma, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
title_short Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Late Cretaceous-Paleogene units cropping out at the south-eastern margin of Lake Viedma, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
title_full Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Late Cretaceous-Paleogene units cropping out at the south-eastern margin of Lake Viedma, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
title_fullStr Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Late Cretaceous-Paleogene units cropping out at the south-eastern margin of Lake Viedma, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Late Cretaceous-Paleogene units cropping out at the south-eastern margin of Lake Viedma, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
title_sort stratigraphy and sedimentology of the late cretaceous-paleogene units cropping out at the south-eastern margin of lake viedma, santa cruz province, argentina
publishDate 2003
url https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00044822_v58_n3_p403_Marenssi
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00044822_v58_n3_p403_Marenssi
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