Slab pull in the northern margin of Paleothetys ocean and internal deformation in Gondwana (including Ventana fold belt)

During the late Paleozoic several tectonic processes took place within Pangea generating structures known in different parts of our planet. In order to relate these processes to geodynamic causes, absolute paleoreconstructions of Gondwana were performed, using paleomagnetic data, for two time spans:...

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Autores principales: Vizán, H., Prezzi, C., Japas, M.S., Van Zele, M.A., Geuna, S.E., Renda, E.M.
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spelling todo:paper_00044822_v72_n3_p355_Vizan2023-10-03T13:59:10Z Slab pull in the northern margin of Paleothetys ocean and internal deformation in Gondwana (including Ventana fold belt) Vizán, H. Prezzi, C. Japas, M.S. Van Zele, M.A. Geuna, S.E. Renda, E.M. Geodynamics Gondwana Intraplate deformation Toroidal flux deformation fold belt geodynamics Gondwana intraplate process paleomagnetism Paleozoic Pangaea plate tectonics tectonic reconstruction Tethys toroidal field During the late Paleozoic several tectonic processes took place within Pangea generating structures known in different parts of our planet. In order to relate these processes to geodynamic causes, absolute paleoreconstructions of Gondwana were performed, using paleomagnetic data, for two time spans: 1) Pennsylvanian (Late Carboniferous)-Guadalupian (Middle Permian) and 2) Lopingian (Late Permian)-Middle Triassic. To achieve a better fit of Gondwana paleopoles different lithospheric domains separated by deformed belts located along circumference arcs were considered. Through the reconstructions, displacement vectors that indicate a SW-NE movement of different Gondwana domains were determined. During the Late Paleozoic, the mantle would have presented a large downwelling area in the hemisphere where Pangea was assembled through the union of Gondwana with Laurasia. Thus, the Rheic ocean would have closed and an active subduction zone would have remained active in the northern margin of the Paleothetys ocean. The slab pull in this margin would have generated different tectonic processes. In Western Gondwana, the mentioned slab pull would have caused counterclockwise rotations of different lithospheric domains through strike-slip mega-fault zones. This process would have induced toroidal flows in the mantle, whose vortices would have been located at the centers of the arcs along which the lateral displacements between the domains would have been channelized. These movements, coupled with a fast south-north displacement of Pangea, would have had vital importance in the deformation of different localities for which SW-NE directions of stress coherent with the orientation of the calculated displacement vectors have been suggested. The Ventana fold belt would be one of these localities. © 2015, Asociacion Geologica Argentina. All rights reserved. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00044822_v72_n3_p355_Vizan
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topic Geodynamics
Gondwana
Intraplate deformation
Toroidal flux
deformation
fold belt
geodynamics
Gondwana
intraplate process
paleomagnetism
Paleozoic
Pangaea
plate tectonics
tectonic reconstruction
Tethys
toroidal field
spellingShingle Geodynamics
Gondwana
Intraplate deformation
Toroidal flux
deformation
fold belt
geodynamics
Gondwana
intraplate process
paleomagnetism
Paleozoic
Pangaea
plate tectonics
tectonic reconstruction
Tethys
toroidal field
Vizán, H.
Prezzi, C.
Japas, M.S.
Van Zele, M.A.
Geuna, S.E.
Renda, E.M.
Slab pull in the northern margin of Paleothetys ocean and internal deformation in Gondwana (including Ventana fold belt)
topic_facet Geodynamics
Gondwana
Intraplate deformation
Toroidal flux
deformation
fold belt
geodynamics
Gondwana
intraplate process
paleomagnetism
Paleozoic
Pangaea
plate tectonics
tectonic reconstruction
Tethys
toroidal field
description During the late Paleozoic several tectonic processes took place within Pangea generating structures known in different parts of our planet. In order to relate these processes to geodynamic causes, absolute paleoreconstructions of Gondwana were performed, using paleomagnetic data, for two time spans: 1) Pennsylvanian (Late Carboniferous)-Guadalupian (Middle Permian) and 2) Lopingian (Late Permian)-Middle Triassic. To achieve a better fit of Gondwana paleopoles different lithospheric domains separated by deformed belts located along circumference arcs were considered. Through the reconstructions, displacement vectors that indicate a SW-NE movement of different Gondwana domains were determined. During the Late Paleozoic, the mantle would have presented a large downwelling area in the hemisphere where Pangea was assembled through the union of Gondwana with Laurasia. Thus, the Rheic ocean would have closed and an active subduction zone would have remained active in the northern margin of the Paleothetys ocean. The slab pull in this margin would have generated different tectonic processes. In Western Gondwana, the mentioned slab pull would have caused counterclockwise rotations of different lithospheric domains through strike-slip mega-fault zones. This process would have induced toroidal flows in the mantle, whose vortices would have been located at the centers of the arcs along which the lateral displacements between the domains would have been channelized. These movements, coupled with a fast south-north displacement of Pangea, would have had vital importance in the deformation of different localities for which SW-NE directions of stress coherent with the orientation of the calculated displacement vectors have been suggested. The Ventana fold belt would be one of these localities. © 2015, Asociacion Geologica Argentina. All rights reserved.
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author Vizán, H.
Prezzi, C.
Japas, M.S.
Van Zele, M.A.
Geuna, S.E.
Renda, E.M.
author_facet Vizán, H.
Prezzi, C.
Japas, M.S.
Van Zele, M.A.
Geuna, S.E.
Renda, E.M.
author_sort Vizán, H.
title Slab pull in the northern margin of Paleothetys ocean and internal deformation in Gondwana (including Ventana fold belt)
title_short Slab pull in the northern margin of Paleothetys ocean and internal deformation in Gondwana (including Ventana fold belt)
title_full Slab pull in the northern margin of Paleothetys ocean and internal deformation in Gondwana (including Ventana fold belt)
title_fullStr Slab pull in the northern margin of Paleothetys ocean and internal deformation in Gondwana (including Ventana fold belt)
title_full_unstemmed Slab pull in the northern margin of Paleothetys ocean and internal deformation in Gondwana (including Ventana fold belt)
title_sort slab pull in the northern margin of paleothetys ocean and internal deformation in gondwana (including ventana fold belt)
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00044822_v72_n3_p355_Vizan
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