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The San Ignacio Fm, a late Palaeozoic foreland basin succession that crops out in the Frontal Cordillera (Argentinean Andes), contains lacustrine microbial carbonates and volcanic rocks. Modification by extensive pedogenic processes contributed to the massive aspect of the calcareous beds. Most of the volcanic deposits in the San Ignacio Fm consist of pyroclastic rocks and resedimented volcaniclastic deposits. Less frequent lava flows produced during effusive eruptions led to the generation of tabular layers of fine-grained, greenish or grey andesites, trachytes and dacites. Pyroclastic flow deposits correspond mainly to welded ignimbrites made up of former glassy pyroclasts devitrified to microcrystalline groundmass, scarce crystals of euhedral plagioclase, quartz and K-feldspar, opaque minerals, aggregates of fine-grained phyllosilicates and fiammes defining a bedding-parallel foliation generated by welding or diagenetic compaction. Widespread silicified and silica-permineralized plant remains and carbonate mud clasts are found, usually embedded within the ignimbrites. The carbonate sequences are underlain and overlain by volcanic rocks. The carbonate sequence bottoms are mostly gradational, while their tops are usually sharp. The lower part of the carbonate sequences is made up of mud which appear progressively, filling interstices in the top of the underlying volcanic rocks. They gradually become more abundant until they form the whole of the rock fabric. Carbonate on volcanic sandstones and pyroclastic deposits occur, with the nucleation of micritic carbonate and associated production of pyrite. Cyanobacteria, which formed the locus of mineral precipitation, were related with this nucleation. The growth of some of the algal mounds was halted by the progressive accumulation of volcanic ash particles, but in most cases the upper boundary is sharp and suddenly truncated by pyroclastic flows or volcanic avalanches. These pyroclastic flows partially destroyed the carbonate beds and palaeosols. Microbial carbonate clasts, silicified and silica-permineralized tree trunks, log stumps and other plant remains such as small branches and small roots inside pieces of wood (interpreted as fragments of nurse logs) are commonly found embedded within the ignimbrites. The study of the carbonate and volcanic rocks of the San Ignacio Fm allows the authors to propose a facies model that increases our understanding of lacustrine environments that developed in volcanic settings. © 2013 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:The relationship between carbonate facies, volcanic rocks and plant remains in a late Palaeozoic lacustrine system (San Ignacio Fm, Frontal Cordillera, San Juan province, Argentina)
Autor:Busquets, P.; Méndez-Bedia, I.; Gallastegui, G.; Colombo, F.; Cardó, R.; Limarino, O.; Heredia, N.; Césari, S.N.
Filiación:Departament d'Estratigrafia, Paleontologia i Geociències Marines, Universitat de Barcelona, C/Martí i Franqués s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Oviedo, C/Jesús Arias de Velasco s/n, 33005 Oviedo, Spain
Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, C/Matemático Pedrayes 25, 33005 Oviedo, Spain
Servicio Geológico y Minero Argentino, C/Sargento Cabral 685, 5400 Oeste, San Juan, Argentina
Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina
Museo de Ciencias Naturales B. Rivadavia, Avenida Ángel Gallardo 470, 1405 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Palabras clave:Argentina Frontal Cordillera; Late Palaeozoic; Microbial lacustrine carbonates; Palaeosols; Permineralized plants; Volcanic rocks; carbonate; foreland basin; geoaccumulation; ignimbrite; lacustrine deposit; lava flow; paleosol; Paleozoic; plant; pyroclastic deposit; pyroclastic flow; sandstone; volcanic ash; volcanic rock; Argentina; Misiones [Argentina]; San Ignacio; San Juan [Argentina]; algae; Cyanobacteria; Trachytes
Año:2013
Volumen:102
Número:5
Página de inicio:1271
Página de fin:1287
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00531-013-0870-z
Título revista:International Journal of Earth Sciences
Título revista abreviado:Int. J. Earth Sci.
ISSN:14373254
CODEN:IJESF
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_14373254_v102_n5_p1271_Busquets

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Busquets, P., Méndez-Bedia, I., Gallastegui, G., Colombo, F., Cardó, R., Limarino, O., Heredia, N.,..., Césari, S.N. (2013) . The relationship between carbonate facies, volcanic rocks and plant remains in a late Palaeozoic lacustrine system (San Ignacio Fm, Frontal Cordillera, San Juan province, Argentina). International Journal of Earth Sciences, 102(5), 1271-1287.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00531-013-0870-z
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Busquets, P., Méndez-Bedia, I., Gallastegui, G., Colombo, F., Cardó, R., Limarino, O., et al. "The relationship between carbonate facies, volcanic rocks and plant remains in a late Palaeozoic lacustrine system (San Ignacio Fm, Frontal Cordillera, San Juan province, Argentina)" . International Journal of Earth Sciences 102, no. 5 (2013) : 1271-1287.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00531-013-0870-z
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Busquets, P., Méndez-Bedia, I., Gallastegui, G., Colombo, F., Cardó, R., Limarino, O., et al. "The relationship between carbonate facies, volcanic rocks and plant remains in a late Palaeozoic lacustrine system (San Ignacio Fm, Frontal Cordillera, San Juan province, Argentina)" . International Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 102, no. 5, 2013, pp. 1271-1287.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00531-013-0870-z
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Busquets, P., Méndez-Bedia, I., Gallastegui, G., Colombo, F., Cardó, R., Limarino, O., et al. The relationship between carbonate facies, volcanic rocks and plant remains in a late Palaeozoic lacustrine system (San Ignacio Fm, Frontal Cordillera, San Juan province, Argentina). Int. J. Earth Sci. 2013;102(5):1271-1287.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00531-013-0870-z