Mesozoic clastic sequences from a Jurassic rift to Cretaceous foreland basin, Austral Basin, Patagonia, Argentina.

POIRÉ, DANIEL G.; FRANZESE, JUAN

Field Excursion Guidebook, 18 International Sedimentological Congress

International Association of Sedimentologists

Lugar: Córdoba; Año: 2010; p. 1 - 53

This field trip to will focus on the stratigraphy, sedimentology and reservoir characteristics of the Mesozoic infilling of the Austral Basin in the southern west Santa Cruz Province, Patagonia, Argentina. The main goal of this fieldtrip will be characterise and recognize the depositional evolution from proximal fluvial systems to the distal, deep-water turbidite system. The Austral Basin outcrops provide an excellent opportunity to have a look the stratigraphy, tectonic, sedimentology and facies associations of their siliciclastic units. The field trip will highlight the stratigraphic architecture of fluvial, delta, shallow marine and deep marine sequences and hydrocarbon reservoir rocks. This fieldtrip guide is intended to provide a basic geology platform to be use by the participants. Besides, it  presents ideas and data from the authors' recent work.