A geodynamic model linking Cretaceous orogeny, arc migration, foreland dynamic subsidence and marine ingression in southern South America

GM Gianni, FM Dávila, A Echaurren, L Fennell… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
This study synthesizes the tectonomagmatic evolution of the Andes between 35° 30′ S to
48° S with the aim to spotlight early contractional phases on Andean orogenic building and …

Thermochronological evidence for Eocene deformation in the southern Patagonian Andes: Linking orogenesis along the Patagonian orocline

AL Stevens Goddard, JC Fosdick, M Calderón… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Thermochronologic results from zircon fission track and (U‐Th)/He data collected across the
Patagonian batholith, basement and thrust belt of the southern Patagonian Andes between …

Mechanisms of subsidence and uplift of Southern Patagonia and offshore basins during slab window formation

X Ding, FM Dávila… - Geochemistry …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Subduction of bathymetric anomalies (eg, an active ridge) can alter the morphology of
subducted slabs and their coupling to surface processes. A natural laboratory to study these …

Lithospheric thinning and dynamic uplift effects during slab window formation, southern Patagonia (45-55 S)

P Ávila, FM Dávila - Journal of Geodynamics, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The southernmost South America has been affected by the subduction of an
oceanic seismic ridge, which began to subduct below southern Patagonia at∼ 14 Ma. This …

Early Cretaceous to Cenozoic growth of the Patagonian Andes as revealed by low‐temperature thermochronology

G Ronda, MC Ghiglione, J Martinod, V Barberón… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Southern Patagonian Andes at the latitude of the Chile Triple junction in
Argentina and Chile (46°–47.5° S) are the object of an ongoing discussion regarding their …

Heat flow and lithospheric thickness analysis in the Patagonian asthenospheric windows, southern South America

P Ávila, FM Dávila - Tectonophysics, 2018 - Elsevier
The lithosphere–asthenosphere boundary (LAB) is a first-order discontinuity, essential to
understand the Earth composition and evolution. However, its detection has been critical …

Mesozoic–Cenozoic evolution of the southern Patagonian Andes fold and thrust belt (47°–48° S): Influence of the Rocas Verdes basin inversion and onset of …

G Ronda, MC Ghiglione, V Barberon, I Coutand… - Tectonophysics, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Southern Patagonian Andes (SPA) between 47°–48° S are characterized by
relatively high elevations (1500–4000 m) and a 200-km-wide, largely exhumed, basement …

Cenozoic subsidence‐driving mechanisms in the southernmost Patagonian basins of Tierra del Fuego and SW Atlantic

FM Dávila, X Ding - Basin Research, 2024 - earthdoc.org
Foreland basins are ideal laboratories to examine and quantify forces that contribute to
Earth's topography. The interaction of these driving mechanisms (atmospheric, lithospheric …

Maastrichtian-Danian Northpatagonian rocky shore, Argentina

N Foix, SM Ocampo, JM Paredes, JO Allard… - Sedimentary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Atlantic Maastrichtian-Danian (K/P) transgression over northern-central extra-
Andean Patagonia (Argentina) covered both Mesozoic sedimentary basins and the …

Relative contributions of tectonics and dynamic topography to the Mesozoic-Cenozoic subsidence of southern Patagonia

FM Dávila, P Avila, F Martina - Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 2019 - Elsevier
Sedimentary basins result from a complex interaction between mantle, crustal and surficial
erosional-driven processes, which act at different time and spatial scales. While shortening …