Cretaceous evolution of the Andean margin between 36°S and 40°S latitude through a multi-proxy provenance analysis of Neuquén Basin strata (Argentina)

During the Cretaceous, the Neuquén Basin transitioned from an extensional back-arc to a retroarc foreland basin. We present a multi-proxy provenance study of Aptian to Santonian (125–84 Ma) continental sedimentary rocks preserved in the Neuquén Basin used to resolve changes of sediment drainage patt...

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Autores principales: Di Giulio, A., Ronchi, A., Sanfilippo, A., Balgord, E.A., Carrapa, B., Ramos, V.A.
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spelling todo:paper_0950091X_v29_n3_p284_DiGiulio2023-10-03T15:49:57Z Cretaceous evolution of the Andean margin between 36°S and 40°S latitude through a multi-proxy provenance analysis of Neuquén Basin strata (Argentina) Di Giulio, A. Ronchi, A. Sanfilippo, A. Balgord, E.A. Carrapa, B. Ramos, V.A. backarc basin compression Cretaceous exhumation extensional tectonics fission track dating foreland basin provenance sandstone tectonic evolution uplift uranium-lead dating Argentina Neuquen Basin During the Cretaceous, the Neuquén Basin transitioned from an extensional back-arc to a retroarc foreland basin. We present a multi-proxy provenance study of Aptian to Santonian (125–84 Ma) continental sedimentary rocks preserved in the Neuquén Basin used to resolve changes of sediment drainage pattern in response to the change in tectonic regime. Sandstone petrology and U–Pb detrital zircon geochronology constrain the source units delivering detritus to the basin; apatite U–Pb and fission track dating further resolve provenance and determine the age and patterns of exhumation of the source rocks. Sandstone provenance records a sharp change from a mixed orogenic source during Aptian time (ca. 125 Ma), to a magmatic arc provenance in the Cenomanian (ca. 100 Ma). We interpret this provenance change as the result of the drainage pattern reorganisation from divergent to convergent caused by tectonic basin inversion. During this inversion and early stages of contraction, a transient phase of uplift and basin erosion, possibly due to continental buckling, caused the pre-Cenomanian unconformity dividing the Lower from Upper Cretaceous strata in the Neuquén Basin. This phase was followed by the development of a retroarc foreland basin characterised by a volcanic arc sediment provenance progressively shifting to a mixed continental basement provenance during Turonian-Santonian (90–84). According to multi-proxy provenance data and lag times derived from apatite fission track analysis, this trend is the result of a rapidly exhuming source within the Cordillera to the west, in response to active compressional tectonics along the western margin of South America, coupled with the increasing contribution of material from the stable craton to the east; this contribution is thought to be the result of the weak uplift and exhumation of the foreland due to eastward migration of the forebulge. © 2015 The Authors. Basin Research © 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd, European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers and International Association of Sedimentologists JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_0950091X_v29_n3_p284_DiGiulio
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topic backarc basin
compression
Cretaceous
exhumation
extensional tectonics
fission track dating
foreland basin
provenance
sandstone
tectonic evolution
uplift
uranium-lead dating
Argentina
Neuquen Basin
spellingShingle backarc basin
compression
Cretaceous
exhumation
extensional tectonics
fission track dating
foreland basin
provenance
sandstone
tectonic evolution
uplift
uranium-lead dating
Argentina
Neuquen Basin
Di Giulio, A.
Ronchi, A.
Sanfilippo, A.
Balgord, E.A.
Carrapa, B.
Ramos, V.A.
Cretaceous evolution of the Andean margin between 36°S and 40°S latitude through a multi-proxy provenance analysis of Neuquén Basin strata (Argentina)
topic_facet backarc basin
compression
Cretaceous
exhumation
extensional tectonics
fission track dating
foreland basin
provenance
sandstone
tectonic evolution
uplift
uranium-lead dating
Argentina
Neuquen Basin
description During the Cretaceous, the Neuquén Basin transitioned from an extensional back-arc to a retroarc foreland basin. We present a multi-proxy provenance study of Aptian to Santonian (125–84 Ma) continental sedimentary rocks preserved in the Neuquén Basin used to resolve changes of sediment drainage pattern in response to the change in tectonic regime. Sandstone petrology and U–Pb detrital zircon geochronology constrain the source units delivering detritus to the basin; apatite U–Pb and fission track dating further resolve provenance and determine the age and patterns of exhumation of the source rocks. Sandstone provenance records a sharp change from a mixed orogenic source during Aptian time (ca. 125 Ma), to a magmatic arc provenance in the Cenomanian (ca. 100 Ma). We interpret this provenance change as the result of the drainage pattern reorganisation from divergent to convergent caused by tectonic basin inversion. During this inversion and early stages of contraction, a transient phase of uplift and basin erosion, possibly due to continental buckling, caused the pre-Cenomanian unconformity dividing the Lower from Upper Cretaceous strata in the Neuquén Basin. This phase was followed by the development of a retroarc foreland basin characterised by a volcanic arc sediment provenance progressively shifting to a mixed continental basement provenance during Turonian-Santonian (90–84). According to multi-proxy provenance data and lag times derived from apatite fission track analysis, this trend is the result of a rapidly exhuming source within the Cordillera to the west, in response to active compressional tectonics along the western margin of South America, coupled with the increasing contribution of material from the stable craton to the east; this contribution is thought to be the result of the weak uplift and exhumation of the foreland due to eastward migration of the forebulge. © 2015 The Authors. Basin Research © 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd, European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers and International Association of Sedimentologists
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author Di Giulio, A.
Ronchi, A.
Sanfilippo, A.
Balgord, E.A.
Carrapa, B.
Ramos, V.A.
author_facet Di Giulio, A.
Ronchi, A.
Sanfilippo, A.
Balgord, E.A.
Carrapa, B.
Ramos, V.A.
author_sort Di Giulio, A.
title Cretaceous evolution of the Andean margin between 36°S and 40°S latitude through a multi-proxy provenance analysis of Neuquén Basin strata (Argentina)
title_short Cretaceous evolution of the Andean margin between 36°S and 40°S latitude through a multi-proxy provenance analysis of Neuquén Basin strata (Argentina)
title_full Cretaceous evolution of the Andean margin between 36°S and 40°S latitude through a multi-proxy provenance analysis of Neuquén Basin strata (Argentina)
title_fullStr Cretaceous evolution of the Andean margin between 36°S and 40°S latitude through a multi-proxy provenance analysis of Neuquén Basin strata (Argentina)
title_full_unstemmed Cretaceous evolution of the Andean margin between 36°S and 40°S latitude through a multi-proxy provenance analysis of Neuquén Basin strata (Argentina)
title_sort cretaceous evolution of the andean margin between 36°s and 40°s latitude through a multi-proxy provenance analysis of neuquén basin strata (argentina)
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_0950091X_v29_n3_p284_DiGiulio
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