Tertiary succesion of the Los Pozuelos creek (Vinchina Basin): Its stratigraphic and paleogeographic importance for the Andean foreland

The description and interpretation of a thick Tertiary sedimentary succession cropping out along the Los Pozuelos creek, northern part of the Vinchina basin is presented here. The sedimentary column was divided into eight stratigraphic sections (SE), including the Vallecito Formation (SE1, aeolian;...

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Autores principales: Ciccioli, P.L., O'Connell, M.G., Limarino, C.O., Marenssi, S.A.
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Materias:
Andean orogeny
Broken-foreland
La Rioja
Stratigraphy
braided river
depocenter
eolian deposit
fluvial deposit
foreland basin
lithostratigraphy
Miocene
orogeny
paleogeography
sedimentary sequence
stratigraphic correlation
Tertiary
transpression
uplift
Andes
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00044822_v70_n4_p451_Ciccioli
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spelling todo:paper_00044822_v70_n4_p451_Ciccioli2023-10-03T13:59:02Z Tertiary succesion of the Los Pozuelos creek (Vinchina Basin): Its stratigraphic and paleogeographic importance for the Andean foreland Ciccioli, P.L. O'Connell, M.G. Limarino, C.O. Marenssi, S.A. Andean orogeny Broken-foreland La Rioja Stratigraphy braided river depocenter eolian deposit fluvial deposit foreland basin lithostratigraphy Miocene orogeny paleogeography sedimentary sequence stratigraphic correlation Tertiary transpression uplift Andes The description and interpretation of a thick Tertiary sedimentary succession cropping out along the Los Pozuelos creek, northern part of the Vinchina basin is presented here. The sedimentary column was divided into eight stratigraphic sections (SE), including the Vallecito Formation (SE1, aeolian; SE2, fluvial-aeolian interaction), the lower member of the Vinchina Formation (SE3, ephemeral sandy fluvial systems; SE4, braided to anastomosed fluvial systems), the upper member of the Vinchina Formation (SE5 and SE6, amalgamated sandy-gravel braided and high sinuosity fluvial systems) and the lower member of the Toro Negro Formation (SE7, confined gravelly to sandy braid plain; SE8, gravelly to sandy anastomosing fluvial systems). The unconformity between the Vallecito and Vinchina formations represents a major change in the evolution of the Andean foreland basin. SE3 and SE4 deposits (early transpressive retroarc stage) are continuous and homogeneous along strike, while SE5 and SE6 deposits (late transpressive retroarc stage) are not; indicating that uplifted basement blocks partitioned the foreland into isolated depocenters (broken-foreland basin). Rocks belonging to SE7 and SE8 show the complex relationship between the fold and thrust belt and the basement blocks. Facies changes and decreasing grain-size in a North to South direction recorded in the upper member of the Vinchina Formation when comparing the northern exposures (Los Pozuelos creek) and the central section along the La Troya River indicate that the Toro Negro Range acted as a local positive element since the early Miocene. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00044822_v70_n4_p451_Ciccioli
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topic Andean orogeny
Broken-foreland
La Rioja
Stratigraphy
braided river
depocenter
eolian deposit
fluvial deposit
foreland basin
lithostratigraphy
Miocene
orogeny
paleogeography
sedimentary sequence
stratigraphic correlation
Tertiary
transpression
uplift
Andes
spellingShingle Andean orogeny
Broken-foreland
La Rioja
Stratigraphy
braided river
depocenter
eolian deposit
fluvial deposit
foreland basin
lithostratigraphy
Miocene
orogeny
paleogeography
sedimentary sequence
stratigraphic correlation
Tertiary
transpression
uplift
Andes
Ciccioli, P.L.
O'Connell, M.G.
Limarino, C.O.
Marenssi, S.A.
Tertiary succesion of the Los Pozuelos creek (Vinchina Basin): Its stratigraphic and paleogeographic importance for the Andean foreland
topic_facet Andean orogeny
Broken-foreland
La Rioja
Stratigraphy
braided river
depocenter
eolian deposit
fluvial deposit
foreland basin
lithostratigraphy
Miocene
orogeny
paleogeography
sedimentary sequence
stratigraphic correlation
Tertiary
transpression
uplift
Andes
description The description and interpretation of a thick Tertiary sedimentary succession cropping out along the Los Pozuelos creek, northern part of the Vinchina basin is presented here. The sedimentary column was divided into eight stratigraphic sections (SE), including the Vallecito Formation (SE1, aeolian; SE2, fluvial-aeolian interaction), the lower member of the Vinchina Formation (SE3, ephemeral sandy fluvial systems; SE4, braided to anastomosed fluvial systems), the upper member of the Vinchina Formation (SE5 and SE6, amalgamated sandy-gravel braided and high sinuosity fluvial systems) and the lower member of the Toro Negro Formation (SE7, confined gravelly to sandy braid plain; SE8, gravelly to sandy anastomosing fluvial systems). The unconformity between the Vallecito and Vinchina formations represents a major change in the evolution of the Andean foreland basin. SE3 and SE4 deposits (early transpressive retroarc stage) are continuous and homogeneous along strike, while SE5 and SE6 deposits (late transpressive retroarc stage) are not; indicating that uplifted basement blocks partitioned the foreland into isolated depocenters (broken-foreland basin). Rocks belonging to SE7 and SE8 show the complex relationship between the fold and thrust belt and the basement blocks. Facies changes and decreasing grain-size in a North to South direction recorded in the upper member of the Vinchina Formation when comparing the northern exposures (Los Pozuelos creek) and the central section along the La Troya River indicate that the Toro Negro Range acted as a local positive element since the early Miocene.
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author Ciccioli, P.L.
O'Connell, M.G.
Limarino, C.O.
Marenssi, S.A.
author_facet Ciccioli, P.L.
O'Connell, M.G.
Limarino, C.O.
Marenssi, S.A.
author_sort Ciccioli, P.L.
title Tertiary succesion of the Los Pozuelos creek (Vinchina Basin): Its stratigraphic and paleogeographic importance for the Andean foreland
title_short Tertiary succesion of the Los Pozuelos creek (Vinchina Basin): Its stratigraphic and paleogeographic importance for the Andean foreland
title_full Tertiary succesion of the Los Pozuelos creek (Vinchina Basin): Its stratigraphic and paleogeographic importance for the Andean foreland
title_fullStr Tertiary succesion of the Los Pozuelos creek (Vinchina Basin): Its stratigraphic and paleogeographic importance for the Andean foreland
title_full_unstemmed Tertiary succesion of the Los Pozuelos creek (Vinchina Basin): Its stratigraphic and paleogeographic importance for the Andean foreland
title_sort tertiary succesion of the los pozuelos creek (vinchina basin): its stratigraphic and paleogeographic importance for the andean foreland
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00044822_v70_n4_p451_Ciccioli
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