Late Cenozoic brittle deformation in the Southern Patagonian Andes: Record of plate coupling/decoupling during variable subduction?

The Andes of southern Patagonia experienced a Miocene shift towards faster and higher angle subduction followed by the approach and collision of the Chile oceanic ridge. We present a kinematic study characterizing palaeostress fields computed from brittle tectonics to better constrain upper crustal...

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Autores principales: Barberón, V., Sue, C., Ghiglione, M., Ronda, G., Aragón, E.
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spelling todo:paper_09544879_v30_n4_p296_Barberon2023-10-03T15:51:45Z Late Cenozoic brittle deformation in the Southern Patagonian Andes: Record of plate coupling/decoupling during variable subduction? Barberón, V. Sue, C. Ghiglione, M. Ronda, G. Aragón, E. brittle deformation geodynamics Patagonia plate coupling/decoupling Southern Andes tectonics brittle deformation Cenozoic geodynamics plate tectonics strike-slip fault subduction Andes Patagonia The Andes of southern Patagonia experienced a Miocene shift towards faster and higher angle subduction followed by the approach and collision of the Chile oceanic ridge. We present a kinematic study characterizing palaeostress fields computed from brittle tectonics to better constrain upper crustal deformation during this complex scenario. Although previous studies already suggested variable kinematics, it is striking that in a long-lasting subduction environment, the computed palaeostress tensors are mostly strike-slip (55%), while 35% are extensional, and only 10% compressive which are concentrated along a main frontal thrust. Cross-cutting relationships and synsedimentary deformation indicate that a long-lived strike-slip regime was punctuated by a lower Miocene extensional event in the foreland before the main compressional event. The results are discussed in contrasting geodynamic models of plate coupling/decoupling versus direction and rate of convergence of the subducting plate, to explain the main mechanisms that control back-arc deformation. © 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_09544879_v30_n4_p296_Barberon
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topic brittle deformation
geodynamics
Patagonia
plate coupling/decoupling
Southern Andes
tectonics
brittle deformation
Cenozoic
geodynamics
plate tectonics
strike-slip fault
subduction
Andes
Patagonia
spellingShingle brittle deformation
geodynamics
Patagonia
plate coupling/decoupling
Southern Andes
tectonics
brittle deformation
Cenozoic
geodynamics
plate tectonics
strike-slip fault
subduction
Andes
Patagonia
Barberón, V.
Sue, C.
Ghiglione, M.
Ronda, G.
Aragón, E.
Late Cenozoic brittle deformation in the Southern Patagonian Andes: Record of plate coupling/decoupling during variable subduction?
topic_facet brittle deformation
geodynamics
Patagonia
plate coupling/decoupling
Southern Andes
tectonics
brittle deformation
Cenozoic
geodynamics
plate tectonics
strike-slip fault
subduction
Andes
Patagonia
description The Andes of southern Patagonia experienced a Miocene shift towards faster and higher angle subduction followed by the approach and collision of the Chile oceanic ridge. We present a kinematic study characterizing palaeostress fields computed from brittle tectonics to better constrain upper crustal deformation during this complex scenario. Although previous studies already suggested variable kinematics, it is striking that in a long-lasting subduction environment, the computed palaeostress tensors are mostly strike-slip (55%), while 35% are extensional, and only 10% compressive which are concentrated along a main frontal thrust. Cross-cutting relationships and synsedimentary deformation indicate that a long-lived strike-slip regime was punctuated by a lower Miocene extensional event in the foreland before the main compressional event. The results are discussed in contrasting geodynamic models of plate coupling/decoupling versus direction and rate of convergence of the subducting plate, to explain the main mechanisms that control back-arc deformation. © 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd
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author Barberón, V.
Sue, C.
Ghiglione, M.
Ronda, G.
Aragón, E.
author_facet Barberón, V.
Sue, C.
Ghiglione, M.
Ronda, G.
Aragón, E.
author_sort Barberón, V.
title Late Cenozoic brittle deformation in the Southern Patagonian Andes: Record of plate coupling/decoupling during variable subduction?
title_short Late Cenozoic brittle deformation in the Southern Patagonian Andes: Record of plate coupling/decoupling during variable subduction?
title_full Late Cenozoic brittle deformation in the Southern Patagonian Andes: Record of plate coupling/decoupling during variable subduction?
title_fullStr Late Cenozoic brittle deformation in the Southern Patagonian Andes: Record of plate coupling/decoupling during variable subduction?
title_full_unstemmed Late Cenozoic brittle deformation in the Southern Patagonian Andes: Record of plate coupling/decoupling during variable subduction?
title_sort late cenozoic brittle deformation in the southern patagonian andes: record of plate coupling/decoupling during variable subduction?
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_09544879_v30_n4_p296_Barberon
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