Synorogenic foreland rifts and transtensional basins: A review of Andean imprints on the evolution of the San Jorge Gulf, Salta Group and Taubaté Basins.

GIANNI GUIDO; NAVARRETE CESAR; FOLGUERA ANDRES

JOURNAL OF SOUTH AMERICAN EARTH SCIENCES

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD

Lugar: Amsterdam; Año: 2015 vol. 1 p. 1 - 20

0895-9811

Orogenic-induced foreland rifting/transtension or reactivations of preexisting basins have been documentedmostly in collisional settings. However, recent works assessed the possibility that Andean-typemargins could also induce this mechanism. In order analyze the potential of subduction orogenesis innucleating and/or reactivating extensional basins, we review the evolution of the San Jorge Gulf, SaltaGroup and Taubate Basins and the uplift history of the Andes. This revision highlights the strong linkagebetween Andean constructional stages and rifting at the foreland zone.