INVESTIGADORES
PERALTA Silvio Heriberto
artículos
Título:
Early Gondwanan connection for the Argentine Precordillera Terrane
Autor/es:
FINNEY, S.C.; GLEASON, J.D.; GEHRELS, G.E.; PERALTA, S.H.; ACEÑOLAZA, G.F.
Revista:
EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS
Editorial:
Elsevier
Referencias:
Lugar: Amsterdam; Año: 2003 vol. 205 p. 349 - 359
ISSN:
0012-821X
Resumen:
AbstractThe Precordillera of Argentina is widely accepted as an exotic terrane of Laurentian (North American) affinity. Newly acquired U/Pb ages on individual detrital zircons from Lower Cambrian and Upper Ordovician quartz sandstone beds in the Argentine Precordillera indicate a Gondwanan provenance not associated with any known part of Laurentia. Accordingly, the Precordillera terrane is likely underlain by basement rock of Gondwanan affinity. In addition, detrital zircons from the Upper Ordovician sandstone bed provide no evidence for a Mid Ordovician position against the inboard Famatina arc. These results demand critical re-evaluation of widely held assumptions regarding the paleogeography of the Argentine Precordillera.
