The Choiyoi volcanic province at 34°S-36°S (San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina): Implications for the Late Palaeozoic evolution of the southwestern margin of Gondwana
The Choiyoi rhyolitic province of Chile and Argentina (23°S-42°S) was emplaced at the SW margin of Gondwana during the Permian. The San Rafael Massif (Mendoza, Argentina, 34°-36°S), is a key area to analyse the relative timing of Choyoi magmatism and related deformation as it bears one of the most c...
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paper:paper_00401951_v473_n3-4_p283_Kleiman2023-06-08T15:03:54Z The Choiyoi volcanic province at 34°S-36°S (San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina): Implications for the Late Palaeozoic evolution of the southwestern margin of Gondwana Kleiman, Laura Elena Japas, Maria Silvia Choiyoi volcanism Late Palaeozoic Palaeo-Pacific margin of Gondwana Post-San Rafael extension San Rafael orogeny Choiyoi volcanism Late Palaeozoic Palaeo-Pacific margin of Gondwana Post-San Rafael extension San Rafael orogeny Calcium Cavity resonators Plates (structural components) Rotation Stratigraphy Deformation deformation mechanism extensional tectonics foreland basin geodynamics intraplate process magmatism orogeny Pacific plate Paleozoic Permian plate motion rhyolite structural geology subduction zone syntectonic sediment tectonic evolution tectonic setting transpression transtension volcanism Argentina Chile Mendoza San Rafael Massif South America The Choiyoi rhyolitic province of Chile and Argentina (23°S-42°S) was emplaced at the SW margin of Gondwana during the Permian. The San Rafael Massif (Mendoza, Argentina, 34°-36°S), is a key area to analyse the relative timing of Choyoi magmatism and related deformation as it bears one of the most complete and well exposed succession. Stratigraphic, structural and magmatic studies indicate that major changes of geodynamic conditions occurred during the Permian since arc-related sequences syntectonic with transpression (lower Choiyoi) were followed by transitional to intraplate, postorogenic suites coeval with transtension (upper Choiyoi). During the Early Permian, a major event of N-NNW dextral transpressional motions deformed the Carboniferous foreland basin in the San Rafael Massif. This event is attributed to the first episode of the San Rafael orogeny and can be related to oblique subduction (Az. 30°) of the Palaeo-Pacific plate. Ca. 280 Ma the inception of voluminous calc-alkaline volcanism (lower Choiyoi) syntectonic with WNW sinistral transpression of the second episode of the San Rafael orogeny, is associated with an eastward migration of the magmatic arc at this latitude. To the southeast of San Rafael, magmatism and transpression continued to migrate inland suggesting that a progressively younger, WNW, sinistral, thick skinned deformation belt broadens into the foreland and can be traced from San Rafael to Sierra de la Ventana, linking the San Rafael orogeny with the Gondwanide orogeny of the Cape Fold Belt in South Africa. This distribution of magmatism and deformation is interpreted as being the consequence of a progressive shallowing of the Palaeo-Pacific plate starting to the north of San Rafael, and culminating with a flat-slab region south of 36°S. Ca. 265 Ma the onset of predominantly felsic volcanism (upper Choiyoi) in San Rafael occurred in a Post-San Rafael extensional setting. Kinematic indicators and strain fabric analyses of San Rafael orogeny transpression and Post-San Rafael extension show a tectonic reversion. The Post-San Rafael event could be the result of the extensional collapse of the San Rafael orogen, triggered by continental-scale clockwise rotations. These rotations would account for subduction ceasing earlier in the north (31°S-36°S) than in the south, thus explaining the coexistence, after ∼ 265 Ma, of extension in San Rafael with compression in the Sierra de la Ventana-Cape Fold Belt area. © 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Fil:Kleiman, L.E. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Japas, M.S. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. 2009 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00401951_v473_n3-4_p283_Kleiman http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00401951_v473_n3-4_p283_Kleiman |
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Choiyoi volcanism Late Palaeozoic Palaeo-Pacific margin of Gondwana Post-San Rafael extension San Rafael orogeny Choiyoi volcanism Late Palaeozoic Palaeo-Pacific margin of Gondwana Post-San Rafael extension San Rafael orogeny Calcium Cavity resonators Plates (structural components) Rotation Stratigraphy Deformation deformation mechanism extensional tectonics foreland basin geodynamics intraplate process magmatism orogeny Pacific plate Paleozoic Permian plate motion rhyolite structural geology subduction zone syntectonic sediment tectonic evolution tectonic setting transpression transtension volcanism Argentina Chile Mendoza San Rafael Massif South America |
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Choiyoi volcanism Late Palaeozoic Palaeo-Pacific margin of Gondwana Post-San Rafael extension San Rafael orogeny Choiyoi volcanism Late Palaeozoic Palaeo-Pacific margin of Gondwana Post-San Rafael extension San Rafael orogeny Calcium Cavity resonators Plates (structural components) Rotation Stratigraphy Deformation deformation mechanism extensional tectonics foreland basin geodynamics intraplate process magmatism orogeny Pacific plate Paleozoic Permian plate motion rhyolite structural geology subduction zone syntectonic sediment tectonic evolution tectonic setting transpression transtension volcanism Argentina Chile Mendoza San Rafael Massif South America Kleiman, Laura Elena Japas, Maria Silvia The Choiyoi volcanic province at 34°S-36°S (San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina): Implications for the Late Palaeozoic evolution of the southwestern margin of Gondwana |
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Choiyoi volcanism Late Palaeozoic Palaeo-Pacific margin of Gondwana Post-San Rafael extension San Rafael orogeny Choiyoi volcanism Late Palaeozoic Palaeo-Pacific margin of Gondwana Post-San Rafael extension San Rafael orogeny Calcium Cavity resonators Plates (structural components) Rotation Stratigraphy Deformation deformation mechanism extensional tectonics foreland basin geodynamics intraplate process magmatism orogeny Pacific plate Paleozoic Permian plate motion rhyolite structural geology subduction zone syntectonic sediment tectonic evolution tectonic setting transpression transtension volcanism Argentina Chile Mendoza San Rafael Massif South America |
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The Choiyoi rhyolitic province of Chile and Argentina (23°S-42°S) was emplaced at the SW margin of Gondwana during the Permian. The San Rafael Massif (Mendoza, Argentina, 34°-36°S), is a key area to analyse the relative timing of Choyoi magmatism and related deformation as it bears one of the most complete and well exposed succession. Stratigraphic, structural and magmatic studies indicate that major changes of geodynamic conditions occurred during the Permian since arc-related sequences syntectonic with transpression (lower Choiyoi) were followed by transitional to intraplate, postorogenic suites coeval with transtension (upper Choiyoi). During the Early Permian, a major event of N-NNW dextral transpressional motions deformed the Carboniferous foreland basin in the San Rafael Massif. This event is attributed to the first episode of the San Rafael orogeny and can be related to oblique subduction (Az. 30°) of the Palaeo-Pacific plate. Ca. 280 Ma the inception of voluminous calc-alkaline volcanism (lower Choiyoi) syntectonic with WNW sinistral transpression of the second episode of the San Rafael orogeny, is associated with an eastward migration of the magmatic arc at this latitude. To the southeast of San Rafael, magmatism and transpression continued to migrate inland suggesting that a progressively younger, WNW, sinistral, thick skinned deformation belt broadens into the foreland and can be traced from San Rafael to Sierra de la Ventana, linking the San Rafael orogeny with the Gondwanide orogeny of the Cape Fold Belt in South Africa. This distribution of magmatism and deformation is interpreted as being the consequence of a progressive shallowing of the Palaeo-Pacific plate starting to the north of San Rafael, and culminating with a flat-slab region south of 36°S. Ca. 265 Ma the onset of predominantly felsic volcanism (upper Choiyoi) in San Rafael occurred in a Post-San Rafael extensional setting. Kinematic indicators and strain fabric analyses of San Rafael orogeny transpression and Post-San Rafael extension show a tectonic reversion. The Post-San Rafael event could be the result of the extensional collapse of the San Rafael orogen, triggered by continental-scale clockwise rotations. These rotations would account for subduction ceasing earlier in the north (31°S-36°S) than in the south, thus explaining the coexistence, after ∼ 265 Ma, of extension in San Rafael with compression in the Sierra de la Ventana-Cape Fold Belt area. © 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
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Kleiman, Laura Elena Japas, Maria Silvia |
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Kleiman, Laura Elena Japas, Maria Silvia |
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The Choiyoi volcanic province at 34°S-36°S (San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina): Implications for the Late Palaeozoic evolution of the southwestern margin of Gondwana |
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The Choiyoi volcanic province at 34°S-36°S (San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina): Implications for the Late Palaeozoic evolution of the southwestern margin of Gondwana |
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The Choiyoi volcanic province at 34°S-36°S (San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina): Implications for the Late Palaeozoic evolution of the southwestern margin of Gondwana |
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The Choiyoi volcanic province at 34°S-36°S (San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina): Implications for the Late Palaeozoic evolution of the southwestern margin of Gondwana |
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The Choiyoi volcanic province at 34°S-36°S (San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina): Implications for the Late Palaeozoic evolution of the southwestern margin of Gondwana |
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choiyoi volcanic province at 34°s-36°s (san rafael, mendoza, argentina): implications for the late palaeozoic evolution of the southwestern margin of gondwana |
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