Abstract:
A basaltic and basandesite field is located west of Salar de Arizaro on Caipe range, near the old railroad Chuculaqui Station, in Southern Puna, Salta province. New ages and geochemical data set of these volcanic rocks are presented. Based on their petrographic, geochemical characteristics and field relationships, two lava flow units have been recognized. The first one, of Pliocene age, is formed by porphyritic basalts with olivine and plagioclase phenocrysts. The second one, of Pleistocene age, is a porphyritic basandesite with plagioclase, pyroxene and amphibole phenocrysts. This information allows the petrologic characterization and new stratigraphic assignation of these rocks, extending the volcanic record of Pliocene age in this region. © 2016, Asociacion Geologica Argentina. All rights reserved.
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Título: | Petrological characterization and new ages of estación chuculaqui basalts, Southern Puna, Province of salta |
Autor: | Maisonnave, E.B.; Poma, S. |
Filiación: | Instituto de Geociencias Básicas, Aplicadas y Ambientales de Buenos Aires (IGEBA), Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina CONICET, Argentina
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Palabras clave: | Pleistocene; Pliocene; Puna; Volcanism; age determination; basalt; igneous geochemistry; lava flow; petrography; petrology; Pleistocene; Pliocene; volcanism; Argentina; Puna; Salta [Argentina] |
Año: | 2016
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Volumen: | 73
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Número: | 4
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Página de inicio: | 582
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Página de fin: | 587
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Título revista: | Revista de la Asociacion Geologica Argentina
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Título revista abreviado: | Rev. Asoc. Geol. Argent.
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ISSN: | 00044822
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Registro: | https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00044822_v73_n4_p582_Maisonnave |
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Maisonnave, E.B. & Poma, S.
(2016)
. Petrological characterization and new ages of estación chuculaqui basalts, Southern Puna, Province of salta . Revista de la Asociacion Geologica Argentina, 73(4), 582-587.
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Maisonnave, E.B., Poma, S.
"Petrological characterization and new ages of estación chuculaqui basalts, Southern Puna, Province of salta "
. Revista de la Asociacion Geologica Argentina 73, no. 4
(2016) : 582-587.
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Maisonnave, E.B., Poma, S.
"Petrological characterization and new ages of estación chuculaqui basalts, Southern Puna, Province of salta "
. Revista de la Asociacion Geologica Argentina, vol. 73, no. 4, 2016, pp. 582-587.
Recuperado de https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00044822_v73_n4_p582_Maisonnave [ ]
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Maisonnave, E.B., Poma, S. Petrological characterization and new ages of estación chuculaqui basalts, Southern Puna, Province of salta . Rev. Asoc. Geol. Argent. 2016;73(4):582-587.
Available from: https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00044822_v73_n4_p582_Maisonnave [ ]