Thermochronologic Evidence for Late Eocene Andean Mountain Building at 30°S
The Andes between 28° and 30°S represent a transition between the Puna-Altiplano Plateau and the Frontal/Principal Cordillera fold-and-thrust belts to the south. While significant early Cenozoic deformation documented in the Andean Plateau, deciphering the early episodes of deformation during Andean...
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paper:paper_02787407_v36_n11_p2693_Lossada2023-06-08T15:26:54Z Thermochronologic Evidence for Late Eocene Andean Mountain Building at 30°S Eocene constructional phase exhumation mountain building South Central Andes thermochronology Cooling Deformation Fission reactions Inverse problems Landforms Phosphate minerals Tectonics Central Andes Eocene constructional phase Exhumation Mountain building Thermochronology Geochronology cooling deformation Eocene exhumation fold and thrust belt mountain region stress thermochronology Andes The Andes between 28° and 30°S represent a transition between the Puna-Altiplano Plateau and the Frontal/Principal Cordillera fold-and-thrust belts to the south. While significant early Cenozoic deformation documented in the Andean Plateau, deciphering the early episodes of deformation during Andean mountain building in the transition area is largely unstudied. Apatite fission track (AFT) and (U-Th-Sm)/He (AHe) thermochronology from a vertical and a horizontal transect reveal the exhumation history of the High Andes at 30°S, an area at the heart of this major transition. Interpretation of the age-elevation profile, combined with inverse thermal modeling, indicates that the onset of rapid cooling was underway by ~35 Ma, followed by a significant decrease in cooling rate at ~30–25 Ma. AFT thermal models also reveal a second episode of rapid cooling in the early Miocene (~18 Ma) related to rock exhumation to its present position. Low exhumation between the rapid cooling events allowed for the development of a partial annealing zone. We interpret the observed Eocene rapid exhumation as the product of a previously unrecognized compressive event in this part of the Andes that reflects a southern extension of Eocene orogenesis recognized in the Puna/Altiplano. Renewed early-Miocene exhumation indicates that the late Cenozoic compressional stresses responsible for the main phase of uplift of the South Central Andes also impacted the core of the range in this transitional sector. The major episode of Eocene exhumation suggests the creation of significant topographic relief in the High Andes earlier than previously thought. ©2017. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. 2017 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_02787407_v36_n11_p2693_Lossada http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_02787407_v36_n11_p2693_Lossada |
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Eocene constructional phase exhumation mountain building South Central Andes thermochronology Cooling Deformation Fission reactions Inverse problems Landforms Phosphate minerals Tectonics Central Andes Eocene constructional phase Exhumation Mountain building Thermochronology Geochronology cooling deformation Eocene exhumation fold and thrust belt mountain region stress thermochronology Andes |
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Eocene constructional phase exhumation mountain building South Central Andes thermochronology Cooling Deformation Fission reactions Inverse problems Landforms Phosphate minerals Tectonics Central Andes Eocene constructional phase Exhumation Mountain building Thermochronology Geochronology cooling deformation Eocene exhumation fold and thrust belt mountain region stress thermochronology Andes Thermochronologic Evidence for Late Eocene Andean Mountain Building at 30°S |
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Eocene constructional phase exhumation mountain building South Central Andes thermochronology Cooling Deformation Fission reactions Inverse problems Landforms Phosphate minerals Tectonics Central Andes Eocene constructional phase Exhumation Mountain building Thermochronology Geochronology cooling deformation Eocene exhumation fold and thrust belt mountain region stress thermochronology Andes |
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The Andes between 28° and 30°S represent a transition between the Puna-Altiplano Plateau and the Frontal/Principal Cordillera fold-and-thrust belts to the south. While significant early Cenozoic deformation documented in the Andean Plateau, deciphering the early episodes of deformation during Andean mountain building in the transition area is largely unstudied. Apatite fission track (AFT) and (U-Th-Sm)/He (AHe) thermochronology from a vertical and a horizontal transect reveal the exhumation history of the High Andes at 30°S, an area at the heart of this major transition. Interpretation of the age-elevation profile, combined with inverse thermal modeling, indicates that the onset of rapid cooling was underway by ~35 Ma, followed by a significant decrease in cooling rate at ~30–25 Ma. AFT thermal models also reveal a second episode of rapid cooling in the early Miocene (~18 Ma) related to rock exhumation to its present position. Low exhumation between the rapid cooling events allowed for the development of a partial annealing zone. We interpret the observed Eocene rapid exhumation as the product of a previously unrecognized compressive event in this part of the Andes that reflects a southern extension of Eocene orogenesis recognized in the Puna/Altiplano. Renewed early-Miocene exhumation indicates that the late Cenozoic compressional stresses responsible for the main phase of uplift of the South Central Andes also impacted the core of the range in this transitional sector. The major episode of Eocene exhumation suggests the creation of significant topographic relief in the High Andes earlier than previously thought. ©2017. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. |
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Thermochronologic Evidence for Late Eocene Andean Mountain Building at 30°S |
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Thermochronologic Evidence for Late Eocene Andean Mountain Building at 30°S |
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Thermochronologic Evidence for Late Eocene Andean Mountain Building at 30°S |
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Thermochronologic Evidence for Late Eocene Andean Mountain Building at 30°S |
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Thermochronologic Evidence for Late Eocene Andean Mountain Building at 30°S |
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thermochronologic evidence for late eocene andean mountain building at 30°s |
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2017 |
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https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_02787407_v36_n11_p2693_Lossada http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_02787407_v36_n11_p2693_Lossada |
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