The Neuquén basin: an overview

JA Howell, E Schwarz, LA Spalletti… - … Society, London, Special …, 2005 - lyellcollection.org
Abstract The Neuquén Basin of Argentina and central Chile contains a near-continuous Late
Triassic-Early Cenozoic succession deposited on the eastern side of the evolving Andean …

Tectonic evolution of the Andes of Neuquén: constraints derived from the magmatic arc and foreland deformation

VA Ramos, A Folguera - Geological Society, London, Special …, 2005 - lyellcollection.org
Abstract The Andes of the Neuquén region (36°− 38° S latitude) of the Central Andes have
distinctive characteristics that result from the alternation of periods of generalized extension …

Intraplate Late Jurassic deformation and exhumation in western central Argentina: constraints from surface data and U–Pb detrital zircon ages

M Naipauer, EG Morabito, JC Marques, M Tunik… - Tectonophysics, 2012 - Elsevier
Intraplate deformation has been described in several tectonic settings and recently in
western central Argentina it has been proposed to explain the complex structural patterns …

Sedimentary petrology and geochemistry of siliciclastic rocks from the upper Jurassic Tordillo Formation (Neuquén Basin, western Argentina): implications for …

LA Spalletti, I Queralt, SD Matheos, F Colombo… - Journal of South …, 2008 - Elsevier
The Upper Jurassic Tordillo Formation is exposed along the western edge of the Neuquén
Basin (west central Argentina) and consists of fluvial strata deposited under arid/semiarid …

Tectonostratigraphic evolution of a Mesozoic graben border system: the Chachil depocentre, southern Neuquén Basin, Argentina

JR Franzese, GD Veiga, E Schwarz… - Journal of the …, 2006 - lyellcollection.org
The Chachil depocentre is one of a number of early Mesozoic extensional basins that form
the early depocentres of the southern Neuquén Basin in Argentina. The synrift volcanic fill is …

U–Pb detrital zircon ages of Upper Jurassic continental successions: implications for the provenance and absolute age of the Jurassic–Cretaceous boundary in the …

M Naipauer, M Tunik, JC Marques… - Geological Society …, 2015 - lyellcollection.org
New U–Pb detrital zircon ages are presented for the Tordillo Formation. The ages indicate
that the most important source region of sediment supply was the Jurassic Andean arc …

Detrital and volcanic zircon U–Pb ages from southern Mendoza (Argentina): An insight on the source regions in the northern part of the Neuquén Basin

M Naipauer, F Tapia, J Mescua, M Farías… - Journal of South …, 2015 - Elsevier
The infill of the Neuquén Basin recorded the Meso-Cenozoic geological and tectonic
evolution of the southern Central Andes being an excellent site to investigate how the …

From alluvial fan to playa: an Upper Jurassic ephemeral fluvial system, Neuquén Basin, Argentina

LA Spalletti, FC Piñol - Gondwana Research, 2005 - Elsevier
The Upper Jurassic fill of the back-arc Neuquén Basin includes a lowstand wedge known as
the Tordillo Formation. The studied deposits crop out along a NS oriented belt that runs …

The chachil limestone (Pliensbachian–earliest Toarcian) Neuquén Basin, Argentina: U–Pb age calibration and its significance on the Early Jurassic evolution of …

HA Leanza, A Mazzini, F Corfu, EJ Llambías… - Journal of South …, 2013 - Elsevier
New radiometric U–Pb ages obtained on zircon crystals from Early Jurassic ash layers found
within beds of the Chachil Limestone at its type locality in the Chachil depocentre (southern …

Changes in source areas at Neuquén Basin: Mesozoic evolution and tectonic setting based on U–Pb ages on zircons

M Naipauer, VA Ramos - Growth of the southern Andes, 2016 - Springer
Abstract The Neuquén Basin constitutes a key site to investigate how the pattern of detrital
zircon age varies through time in different tectonic regimes. Here we analyze the U–Pb …