Massive Jurassic slab break-off revealed by a multidisciplinary reappraisal of the Chon Aike silicic large igneous province

C Navarrete, G Gianni, S Tassara, C Zaffarana… - Earth-Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
The origin of the Chon Aike silicic large igneous province (SLIP) is a matter of intense
debate, with contrasting hypotheses that range from intraplate settings linked to mantle …

Identifying crustal contributions in the Patagonian Chon Aike Silicic Large Igneous Province

ML Foley, B Putlitz, LP Baumgartner, EM Renda… - … to Mineralogy and …, 2023 - Springer
The volcanic rocks of the Chon Aike Silicic Large Igneous Province (CASP) are recognized
as magmas dominantly produced by crustal anatexis. Investigating the zircon of the CASP …

New insights into the Jurassic polyphase strain partition on the patagonian back-arc; constraints from structural analysis of ancient volcanic structures

L Benedini, M Barros, CP Pivetta, A Stremel… - Tectonophysics, 2022 - Elsevier
Located in the western Northpatagonian region, Argentina, the Lower Jurassic Cañadón
Chileno Complex (CCHC) provides a remarkable opportunity to assess the roles of pre-, syn …

Contrasting tectonic settings in Northern Chon Aike Igneous Province of Patagonia: subduction and mantle plume-related volcanism in the Marifil formation

C Pavón Pivetta, D Gregori, L Benedini… - International Geology …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The northern zone of the Chon Aike Igneous Province, located in the North Patagonian
Massif, exhibits extensive outcrops of Jurassic volcanic rocks of the Marifil Formation. In the …

Early Jurassic petrogenesis of the retro-arc volcanism of northwestern Patagonia, Argentina: Evidence from Lu-Hf isotopes and whole-rock geochemistry

AJ Stremel, L Benedini, DA Gregori… - Journal of South …, 2025 - Elsevier
Located in the north-western Patagonian Massif, the Loncón Complex offers insight into the
Upper Sinemurian syn-rift phase of this Patagonian sector. New whole-rock geochemistry …

An early Jurassic graben caldera of Chon Aike silicic LIP at the southernmost massif of the world: The Deseado caldera, Patagonia, Argentina

C Navarrete, KL Butler, M Hurley, M Márquez - Journal of South American …, 2020 - Elsevier
Detailed geological mapping of 900 km 2, newly defined volcanic and volcaniclastic
lithofacies, multiple stratigraphic profiles, and a new zircon U/Pb eruption age (178.7±1.9 …

Upper Triassic to Middle Jurassic magmatic evolution of northern Patagonia: Insights from the tectonic and crustal evolution of the Los Menucos area, North …

JI Falco, N Hauser, N Scivetti, WU Reimold… - Journal of South …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Upper Triassic magmatic and tectonic evolution of the central North Patagonian
Massif is evaluated on the basis of the zircon U–Pb-Hf record and whole-rock geochemistry …

The Marifil Volcanic complex at Sierra de Pailemán: implications for the early Jurassic magmatic evolution of the Eastern North Patagonian region

L Strazzere, C Pavon Pivetta, DA Gregori… - International Geology …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Sinemurian Marifil Volcanic Complex at Sierra de Pailemán, located in the
east part of the North Patagonian Region, Argentina, includes five lithofacies and three …

Petrogenetic study of the Lonco Trapial volcanism and its comparison with the Early-Middle Jurassic magmatic units from northern Patagonia

CB Zaffarana, SL Lagorio, G Gallastegui… - Journal of South …, 2020 - Elsevier
One of the largest silicic igneous provinces of the world, the Chon Aike Volcanic Province, is
related to an extensional regime developed in Patagonia in Early to Middle Jurassic times …

Early Jurassic intraplate extension in west-central Argentina constrained by U-Pb SHRIMP dating: Implications for the opening of the Neuquén basin

LM Fennell, M Naipauer, P Borghi, L Sagripanti… - Gondwana …, 2020 - Elsevier
The early Mesozoic extensional processes recognized in SW Gondwana have been related
to a supercontinent precursor break-up phase, the gravitational collapse of a late Paleozoic …