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{"title":"Upper Cretaceous intrusives in the Coastal Cordillera near Valdivia: forearc magmatism related to the passage of a triple junction?","authors":"Denisse de la Fuente, O. Figueroa, D. Demaiffe, M. Mella, P. Duhart, D. Quiroz, J. Muñoz, V. Oliveros","doi":"10.5027/ANDGEOV48N1-3062","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5027/ANDGEOV48N1-3062","url":null,"abstract":"Upper Cretaceous intrusives of limited extent crop out in the Coastal Cordillera near of Valdivia (39o48’ S), 100 km west of the main topographic divide of the Andean Cordillera. Given that plutonic rocks of the same age crop out at the same latitudes in the high Andes the coastal intrusives emplaced in a forearc position in the upper plate of a subduction setting. They correspond to hypabyssal intrusives displaying mainly porphyritic texture and lithological variations with microtonalites (minor), porphyritic microgranodiorites (main) and microgranites. They intrude the Upper Paleozoic-Triassic accretionary complex of the Bahia Mansa Metamorphic Complex. These intrusives, that comprise the Chaihuin Pluton and minor stocks of porphyritic felsic rocks, have calc-alkaline affinities with metaluminous and peraluminous character. They are geochemically similar to the contemporaneous main arc-related plutonic rocks of the Gualletue Plutonic Group. The microgranitoids and dacitic rocks from Los Boldos, the low and Loncoche are peculiar because they show an apparently adakitic affinity in Sr/Y and LaN/YbN discriminant diagrams; nevertheless Sr contents of these rocks (<<400 ppm) preclude a true adakitic character. The petrogenesis of the Chaihuin Pluton, is consistent with an evolution from tonalite to granite by successive fractional crystallization of plagioclase, amphibole, biotite, Fe-Ti oxides, apatite and zircon. The initial 87Sr/86Sr ratio (0.70411-0.70745), eNd (+4.24 to -3.09) and present-day Pb isotopic ratios (206Pb/204Pb: 18.616 to 18.708; 207Pb/204Pb: 15.620 to 15.635; 208Pb/204Pb: 38.573 to 38.662) of these rocks indicate that depleted mantle derived-magmas were contaminated by assimilation of crustal material at the base of the paleo accretionary prism or by subduction erosion. The heat required to explain mantle melting beneath the forearc crust could be supplied by the subduction of a young and hot oceanic slab and/or an active spreading ridge, as attested in similar settings in the world. According to plate reconstruction models the studied forearc intrusives would be generated during the migration of a triple junction that passed near Valdivia between 100 and 70 Ma.","PeriodicalId":49108,"journal":{"name":"Andean Geology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70694665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Origen y distribución de depósitos de tsunami en la marisma de Chaihuín (40° S/73,5° O), Chile","authors":"Diego Aedo, Daniel Melnick, Ed Garrett, M. Pino","doi":"10.5027/ANDGEOV48N1-3258","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5027/ANDGEOV48N1-3258","url":null,"abstract":"At Chaihuín marsh, south of Valdivia (39°56’ S/73°33’ W), a sand bed was deposited during the 1960 earthquake. The aim of this study is to map the 1960 tsunami deposit in detail and to associate earlier sand layers with past tsunamis. Geologic field mapping by means of stratigraphic sections constructed using 111 cores in the marsh revealed the existence of three sand layers. The source of these sand layers was determined by a statistical comparison of their sedimentological and mineralogical signatures with modern depositional environments. The results show that tsunami waves probably transported the sand layers found in the marsh. It is inferred that these sand layers were deposited in the marsh by tsunamis that followed subsidence associated with the great historical megathrust earthquakes of 1575, 1737 or 1837, and 1960. However, the three layers are different from each other in terms of lateral distribution and source, which we interpret as either changes in the sand bar associated with human occupation or differences in coseismic slip distribution resulting in variable accommodation space provided by coseismic subsidence as well as in tsunami wave height.","PeriodicalId":49108,"journal":{"name":"Andean Geology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44228480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Landslide susceptibility zonation in the Tartagal River basin, Sierras Subandinas, Salta, Argentina","authors":"C. Cardozo, G. Toyos, V. Baumann","doi":"10.5027/ANDGEOV48N1-3242","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5027/ANDGEOV48N1-3242","url":null,"abstract":"On February 2009 intense rainfall triggered landslides in the Tartagal River basin that evolved into a debris flow that caused severe flooding in the town of Tartagal, Salta, Argentina. Based on these events, this paper presents a first attempt to map the landslides susceptibility in the Tartagal River basin. First, we elaborated an inventory map by using a 10 m pixel SPOT image acquired just after the disaster. Second, we evaluated a set of conditioning factors, which included lithology, slope and curvature; we derived the topographical variables from a 12.5 m pixel digital elevation model (DEM) based on a stereo-pair of satellite images ALOS-PRISM. Finally, we used these conditioning factors and the 2009 landslides inventory map as input for a heuristic model to elaborate the susceptibility map. The results indicated that landslides affected an area of 8 km2 and that at least 2.2x106 m3 of material were removed. The susceptibility map identified zones of low, moderate, high and very high susceptibility that occupied 18, 22, 25 and 17 km2, respectively. Accuracy assessment using data covering landslides occurred in 2006 showed that 95% of them fell within the high and very high susceptibility areas. The results presented herein provide vital baseline information for future studies and may contribute for the development of landslide hazard mitigation strategies.","PeriodicalId":49108,"journal":{"name":"Andean Geology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45663777","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Comment on “Crustal faults in the Chilean Andes: geological constraints and seismic potential” by Santibáñez et al. (2019), Andean Geology 46 (1): 32-65","authors":"G. Pascale","doi":"10.5027/ANDGEOV48N1-3310","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5027/ANDGEOV48N1-3310","url":null,"abstract":"Understanding the location and nature of Quaternary active crustal faults is critical to reduce both the impact of fault rupture and strong ground motions hazards (when these faults rupture causing earthquakes). It is also important for understanding how and where deformation related to plate tectonics is accommodated along geological structures (oftentimes faults and folds). In Chile, work on active tectonics in the upper crust (neotectonics or earthquake geology) is relatively new, in particular regarding fault-focused studies. Therefore, any effort to further progress in our understanding of active fault systems for the benefit of the public, and for aiding local and regional governments and the earthquake engineering and scientific community with mitigation strategies should be applauded. Demonstrating where active faults are located through careful mapping, and to determine how fast they accommodate tectonic deformation and their seismic and fault rupture hazards are key questions in neotectonics. Recently Santibanez et al. (2019) explore active fault systems in the Chilean Andes. In their paper they outline active and potentially seismogenic (i.e., earthquake producing) fault systems in the Chilean Andes through a review of the literature, seismicity, case studies (earthquakes), and modeling data and then they define potential tectonic domains for subdivision of Chile. These domains were suggested to allow “a first-order approach for seismic potential assessment” (Santibanez et al., 2019). The three subdivisions they suggest, i.e., domains are the External Forearc, Inner Forearc and Volcanic Arc, were proposed based on several fault parameters (e.g., fault length), case studies, the morphotectonic setting and seismicity. Their paper generates a great foundation to build upon for both the active tectonics and geological hazards community, in addition to being useful for potential end users such as the Chilean local and national government from a planning perspective. Although the Santibanez et al. (2019) paper takes steps in the right direction, and should be considered an important contribution to the scientific community, this comment addresses three potential issues with their analysis and conclusions that should be reflected upon by the seismic hazard and active tectonics community. These ideas are summarized below and expanded on in detail thereafter.","PeriodicalId":49108,"journal":{"name":"Andean Geology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48240177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"El plutón anorogénico Chinquilchoro del Pérmico medio: un caso de zonación concéntrica normal en su parte meridional, norte de Chile","authors":"H. Niemeyer, C. Castillo","doi":"10.5027/ANDGEOV48N2-3354","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5027/ANDGEOV48N2-3354","url":null,"abstract":"The southern part of the Mid- Permian Chinquilchoro pluton consits of two approximately concentric lithofacies: an A lithofacies, external melanocratic and a leucocratic internal B lithofacies. The A lithofacies is formed by quartz diorite and quartz monzonite, and the B lithofacies lies in the limit between quartz monzodiorite and quartz monzonite. The contact between the two lithofacies is transitional and difuse. The two lithofacies are calcalkaline, metaluminous and ferric. The coexistence of both lithofacies can be explained by fractional crystallization from the same parental magma in an anorogernic tectonic environment.","PeriodicalId":49108,"journal":{"name":"Andean Geology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44150438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Campanian-Eocene dinoflagellate cyst biostratigraphy in the Southern Andean foreland basin: Implications for Drake Passage throughflow","authors":"P. Bijl, G. R. Guerstein, Edgar A. Sanmiguel Jaimes, A. Sluijs, S. Casadío, V. Valencia, C. Amenábar, A. Encinas","doi":"10.5027/ANDGEOV48N2-3339","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5027/ANDGEOV48N2-3339","url":null,"abstract":"The tectonic opening of the Tasmanian Gateway and Drake Passage represented crucial geographic requirements for the Cenozoic development of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC). Particularly the tectonic complexity of Drake Passage has hampered the exact dating of the opening and deepening phases, and the consequential onset of throughflow of the ACC. One of the obstacles is putting key regional tectonic events, recorded in southern Patagonian sediments, in absolute time. For that purpose, we have collected Campanian-Eocene sediment samples from the Chilean sector of Southern Patagonia. Using U-Pb radiometric dating on zircons and dinoflagellate cyst biostratigraphy, we updated age constraints for the sedimentary formations, and the hiatuses in between. Thick sedimentary packages of shallow-marine and continental sediments were deposited in the foreland basin during the early Campanian, mid-Paleocene, the Paleocene-Eocene boundary interval and the middle Eocene, which represent phases of increased foreland subsidence. We interpret regional sedimentary hiatuses spanning the late Campanian, early-to mid-Paleocene, mid-Eocene and latest Eocene-early Oligocene to indicate times of reduced foreland subsidence, relative to sediment supply. We relate these changes to varying subduction rates and Andean orogeny. Dinoflagellate cyst assemblages suggest that the region was under the influence of the Antarctic-derived waters through the western boundary current of the Subpolar Gyre, developed in the southwest Atlantic Ocean and thus argues for limited throughflow through the Drake Passage until at least the latest Eocene. However, the proliferation of dinoflagellate endemism we record in the southwest Atlantic is coeval with that in the southwest Pacific, and on a species level, dinoflagellate cyst assemblages are the same in these two regions. This suggests that both regions were oceanographically connected throughout the early Paleogene, likely through a shallow opening of a restricted Drake Passage. This implies a continuous surface-water connection between the south Pacific and the South Atlantic throughout the late Cretaceous-early Paleogene.","PeriodicalId":49108,"journal":{"name":"Andean Geology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46749747","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Late Jurassic syn-extensional sedimentary deposition and Cenozoic basin inversion as recorded in The Girón Formation, northern Andes of Colombia","authors":"Diego Alberto Osorio Afanador, Francisco Alberto Velandia Patiño","doi":"10.5027/ANDGEOV48N2-3264","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5027/ANDGEOV48N2-3264","url":null,"abstract":"The Yariguies Anticlinorium, a regional structure located at the western flank of the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia, includes the thickest record of continental sedimentary rocks accumulated near to the Jurassic–Cretaceous boundary. The sedimentary rocks are lithoarenites and feldspathic arenites, grouped in the Giron Formation, and deposited in a Late Jurassic extensional basin interpreted in this work as a rift basin. We analysed the sedimentologic and compositional characteristics of two sections that accumulated in a complex rift system. We identified important thickness variations, from 3350-m in the type section to at least 525-m in a reference section in the Zapatoca area, as well as petrographic and lithofacies changes. This led us to confirm that the Giron Formation encompasses all the continental facies, whose source rock correspond mainly to the exhumed blocks of the Santander Massif during the Late Jurassic. The synrift successions were segmented by transverse structures and regional longitudinal faults of the rift-shoulder, as the Suarez Fault. The tectonic frame of the study area shows the relevance of the W-E compressional regimes, explaining the local kinematics as a heritage of the former configuration and tectonic inversion of the basins. However, clockwise rotation of the stress field was detected from the stress tensor analysis. The latest orientation of the stress tensors and shear joints are related to the effect of the transpressional Bucaramanga and Lebrija faults along the study area.","PeriodicalId":49108,"journal":{"name":"Andean Geology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44428865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Las Quínoas oncoids: a new deposit of microbialites in the Salar de Antofalla (Catamarca, Argentina)","authors":"P. G. Villafañe, A. I. Lencina, M. Soria, L. A. Saona, F. Gomez, Guido Ezequiel Alonso, M. E. Farías","doi":"10.5027/ANDGEOV48N2-3292","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5027/ANDGEOV48N2-3292","url":null,"abstract":"The Salar de Antofalla (salt flat) is located in the Puna region of Catamarca, in northern Argentina. In this paper we report and provide the first descriptive data of Las Quínoas, a modern system of oncoids located in the western margin of the salt flat. Oncoids were studied by insitu logging, polished and thin sections analysis. In addition, the 16s rRNA genes of microbial mats associated with these oncoids were amplified and sequenced to characterize the microbial biodiversity. Oncoids present discoidal to subrounded morphologies and sizes up to 15 cm in diameter. They are scattered along channels, which originate from the groundwater springs of a wetland and enter the salt flat. Its macrostructure is concentric and composed by three zones: 1. A nucleus zone built by clastic material in a carbonate matrix. 2. A well-laminated zone around the nucleus that shows two types of mesostructures: concentrically stacked spheroids (SS-C) and randomly stacked hemispheroids (SS-R), both showing an alternation of dense and dark micritic laminae with light micritic to microsparitic laminae. 3. A poorly-laminated zone, in the outermost sector of oncoids, with two types of mesostructures too: a laminated mesostructure composed also of an alternation of dense and dark micritic laminae with light micritic to microsparitic laminae, and a non-laminated mesostructure composed of agglomerated and cemented clastic material within a calcareous matrix (wackestones-packstones). Regarding the microbial diversity, the analyzed oncoids in this work are mainly inhabited by Proteobacteria (ca. 37.5%), Bacteroidetes (ca. 25.0%), and in less proportion Planctomycetes, Actinobacteria and Cyanobacteria.","PeriodicalId":49108,"journal":{"name":"Andean Geology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47752337","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Estratigrafía, paleoambientes y correlación del Paleozoico Superior en la localidad Río Francia, Cuenca Paganzo, Argentina","authors":"Gustavo A. Correa, P. R. Gutiérrez","doi":"10.5027/andgeov48n2-3287","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5027/andgeov48n2-3287","url":null,"abstract":"The Tupe and Patquía formations are known for their marine, deltaic, river, and eolian deposits that record different Late Paleozoic events in the Paganzo Basin. However, in the area of the Río Francia (Province of San Juan, Argentina), these units are relevant because they are located in a strategic place of connection with the southernmost sedimentary sequences in the Paganzo Basin on the Central Precordillera. The Tupe Formation (which by palynological data would represent the late Serpukhovian-Gzhelian interval) has a minimum thickness of 140 m of bioturbed mudstones with a minor percentage of coarse to fine sandstones intercalated. In this work they are grouped into 3 facies associations: I lagoon; II barrier island and III shoreface. The Patquía Formation (from palynological data, in this locality, of Cisuralian in age), it is a typical succession of red beds with deposits of fine -grained sandstones with cross-bedding, and alternation of sandstones with mudstones. 3 facies associations were differentiated: IV anastomosed fluvial; V eolian and VI playa lake. A correlation analysis between these formations and their lithostratigraphic equivalents provided possible scenarios for the western sector of the Paganzo Basin, showing a lineament of units with coastal environment features for the Tupe Formation and equivalents at these latitudes. On the other hand, the Patquía Formation and their equivalents display a progressive continentalization from north to south.","PeriodicalId":49108,"journal":{"name":"Andean Geology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70694709","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Conodont biostratigraphy and correlation of the San Juan Formation at the Cerro La Silla section, middle Tremadocian-lower Dapingian, Central Precordillera, Argentina","authors":"M. Mango, G. Albanesi","doi":"10.5027/ANDGEOV47N3-3271","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5027/ANDGEOV47N3-3271","url":null,"abstract":"This study deals with the conodont biostratigraphy from the uppermost part of La Silla Formation (9.6 m) and the overlying San Juan Formation (264.7 m), at the Cerro La Silla section, Central Precordillera of San Juan, Argentina. The 41 samples of carbonate rocks that were digested for microfossils yielded 11,388 conodont elements corresponding to 78 species. The Paltodus deltifer deltifer Subzone of the Paltodus deltifer Zone from the Baltic biostratigraphic scheme is represented at the top stratum of the La Silla Formation and the basal part of the San Juan Formation (28.4 m), which correlates with the Macerodus dianae Zone (middle Tremadocian) of the Precordilleran and North American schemes. Following upwards, the Paroistodus proteus, Prioniodus elegans, Oepikodus evae, Oepikodus intermedius and Baltoniodus triangularis-Tripodus laevis zones (middle Tremadocian-lower Dapingian) are recorded in the San Juan Formation. The Baltoniodus triangularis-Tripodus laevis Zone is recognized from the second reef level (177.3 m from the base of the San Juan Formation) up to the top stratum in the section, in contrast to previous interpretations that assigned the referred interval to the Baltoniodus navis, Paroistodus originalis and Microzarkodina parva zones of the Baltic biostratigraphic scheme. The division of the Oepikodus evae Zone in subzones, according to its original definition for the Precordillera, is not applicable at the Cerro La Silla section due to the particular species distribution. The conodont elements show a brown alteration color (CAI 2-2.5), which indicates a burial paleotemperature of 60-155°C for the bearer strata.","PeriodicalId":49108,"journal":{"name":"Andean Geology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2020-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43184325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}