Basin fill evolution and paleotectonic patterns along the Samfrau geosyncline: The Sauce Grande basin-Ventana foldbelt (Argentina) and Karoo basin-Cape foldbelt (South Africa) revisited

As integral parts of du Toil's (1927) "Samfrau Geosyncline", the Sauce Grande basin-Ventana foldbelt (Argentina) and Karoo basin-Cape foldbelt (South Africa) share similar paleoclimatic, paleogeographic, and paleotectonic aspects related to the Late Paleozoic tectono-magmatic activity...

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Basin evolution
Gondwanaland
Karoo basin
Late paleozoic
Sauce Grande basin
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spelling paper:paper_14373254_v86_n4_p819_LopezGamundi2023-06-08T16:15:47Z Basin fill evolution and paleotectonic patterns along the Samfrau geosyncline: The Sauce Grande basin-Ventana foldbelt (Argentina) and Karoo basin-Cape foldbelt (South Africa) revisited Basin evolution Gondwanaland Karoo basin Late paleozoic Sauce Grande basin As integral parts of du Toil's (1927) "Samfrau Geosyncline", the Sauce Grande basin-Ventana foldbelt (Argentina) and Karoo basin-Cape foldbelt (South Africa) share similar paleoclimatic, paleogeographic, and paleotectonic aspects related to the Late Paleozoic tectono-magmatic activity along the Panthalassan continental margin of Gondwanaland. Late Carboniferou-earliest Permian glacial deposits were deposited in the Sauce Grande (Sauce Grande Formation) and Karoo (Dwyka Formation) basins and Falkland-Malvinas Islands (Lafonia Formation) during an initial (sag) phase of extension. The pre-breakup position of the Falkland (Malvinas) Islands on the easternmost part of the Karoo basin (immediately east of the coast of South Africa) is supported by recent paleomagnetic data, lithofacies associations, paleoice flow directions and age similarities between the Dwyka and the Lafonia glacial sequences. The désintégration of the Gondwanan Ice Sheet (GIS) triggered widespread transgressions, reflected in the stratigraphie record by the presence of inter-basinally correctable, open marine, fine-grained deposits (Piedra Azul Formation in the Sauce Grande basin, Prince Albert Formation in the Karoo basin and Port Sussex Formation in the Falkland Islands) capping glacial marine sediments. These early postglacial transgressive deposits, characterised by fossils of the Eurydesma fauna and Glossopteris flora, represent the maximum flooding of the basins. Cratonward foreland subsidence was triggeredby the San Rafaël orogeny (ca. 270 Ma) in Argentina and propogated along the Gondwanan margin. This subsidence phase generated sufficient space to accommodate thick synorogenic sequences derived from the orogenic flanks of the Sauce Grande and Karoo basins. Compositionally, the initial extensional phase of these basins was characterized by quartz-rich, craton-derived detritus and was followed by a compressional (foreland) phase characterized by a paleocurrent reversal and dominance of arc/foldbelt-derived material. In the Sauce Grande basin, tuffs are interbedded in the upper half of the synorogenic, foldbelt-derived Tunas Formation (Early-early Late? Permian). Likewise, the first widespread appearance of tuffs in the Karoo basin is in the Whitehill Formation, of late Early Permian (260 Ma) age. Silicic volcanism along the Andes and Patagonia (Choiyoi magmatic province) peaked between the late Early Permian and Late Permian. A link between these volcanics and the consanguineous airborne tuffs present in the Sauce Grande and Karoo basins is suggested on the basis of their similar compositions and ages. © Springer-Verlag 1998. 1998 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_14373254_v86_n4_p819_LopezGamundi http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_14373254_v86_n4_p819_LopezGamundi
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topic Basin evolution
Gondwanaland
Karoo basin
Late paleozoic
Sauce Grande basin
spellingShingle Basin evolution
Gondwanaland
Karoo basin
Late paleozoic
Sauce Grande basin
Basin fill evolution and paleotectonic patterns along the Samfrau geosyncline: The Sauce Grande basin-Ventana foldbelt (Argentina) and Karoo basin-Cape foldbelt (South Africa) revisited
topic_facet Basin evolution
Gondwanaland
Karoo basin
Late paleozoic
Sauce Grande basin
description As integral parts of du Toil's (1927) "Samfrau Geosyncline", the Sauce Grande basin-Ventana foldbelt (Argentina) and Karoo basin-Cape foldbelt (South Africa) share similar paleoclimatic, paleogeographic, and paleotectonic aspects related to the Late Paleozoic tectono-magmatic activity along the Panthalassan continental margin of Gondwanaland. Late Carboniferou-earliest Permian glacial deposits were deposited in the Sauce Grande (Sauce Grande Formation) and Karoo (Dwyka Formation) basins and Falkland-Malvinas Islands (Lafonia Formation) during an initial (sag) phase of extension. The pre-breakup position of the Falkland (Malvinas) Islands on the easternmost part of the Karoo basin (immediately east of the coast of South Africa) is supported by recent paleomagnetic data, lithofacies associations, paleoice flow directions and age similarities between the Dwyka and the Lafonia glacial sequences. The désintégration of the Gondwanan Ice Sheet (GIS) triggered widespread transgressions, reflected in the stratigraphie record by the presence of inter-basinally correctable, open marine, fine-grained deposits (Piedra Azul Formation in the Sauce Grande basin, Prince Albert Formation in the Karoo basin and Port Sussex Formation in the Falkland Islands) capping glacial marine sediments. These early postglacial transgressive deposits, characterised by fossils of the Eurydesma fauna and Glossopteris flora, represent the maximum flooding of the basins. Cratonward foreland subsidence was triggeredby the San Rafaël orogeny (ca. 270 Ma) in Argentina and propogated along the Gondwanan margin. This subsidence phase generated sufficient space to accommodate thick synorogenic sequences derived from the orogenic flanks of the Sauce Grande and Karoo basins. Compositionally, the initial extensional phase of these basins was characterized by quartz-rich, craton-derived detritus and was followed by a compressional (foreland) phase characterized by a paleocurrent reversal and dominance of arc/foldbelt-derived material. In the Sauce Grande basin, tuffs are interbedded in the upper half of the synorogenic, foldbelt-derived Tunas Formation (Early-early Late? Permian). Likewise, the first widespread appearance of tuffs in the Karoo basin is in the Whitehill Formation, of late Early Permian (260 Ma) age. Silicic volcanism along the Andes and Patagonia (Choiyoi magmatic province) peaked between the late Early Permian and Late Permian. A link between these volcanics and the consanguineous airborne tuffs present in the Sauce Grande and Karoo basins is suggested on the basis of their similar compositions and ages. © Springer-Verlag 1998.
title Basin fill evolution and paleotectonic patterns along the Samfrau geosyncline: The Sauce Grande basin-Ventana foldbelt (Argentina) and Karoo basin-Cape foldbelt (South Africa) revisited
title_short Basin fill evolution and paleotectonic patterns along the Samfrau geosyncline: The Sauce Grande basin-Ventana foldbelt (Argentina) and Karoo basin-Cape foldbelt (South Africa) revisited
title_full Basin fill evolution and paleotectonic patterns along the Samfrau geosyncline: The Sauce Grande basin-Ventana foldbelt (Argentina) and Karoo basin-Cape foldbelt (South Africa) revisited
title_fullStr Basin fill evolution and paleotectonic patterns along the Samfrau geosyncline: The Sauce Grande basin-Ventana foldbelt (Argentina) and Karoo basin-Cape foldbelt (South Africa) revisited
title_full_unstemmed Basin fill evolution and paleotectonic patterns along the Samfrau geosyncline: The Sauce Grande basin-Ventana foldbelt (Argentina) and Karoo basin-Cape foldbelt (South Africa) revisited
title_sort basin fill evolution and paleotectonic patterns along the samfrau geosyncline: the sauce grande basin-ventana foldbelt (argentina) and karoo basin-cape foldbelt (south africa) revisited
publishDate 1998
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_14373254_v86_n4_p819_LopezGamundi
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