Insights on the late Cenozoic evolution of the Rio Grande foreland basin in south Mendoza Province

FEAL, ROMÁN; GHIGLIONE, MATÍAS; ONDRAK, ROBERT; STRECKER, MANFRED; TAPIA, FELIPE

Conferencia; International Conference and Exhibition (ICE); 2019

This study presents first results to reconstruct deformation and exhumation of the Andean mountain ranges between 34°S and 39°S from late Cretaceous to the present . The evolution of the Andes can be deciphered through the analysis of its adjacent depocenters, where synorogenic deposits and growing strata are found. These deposits record phases of rock uplift caused by shortening and exhumation or extension.