Mesoscopic kinking formed in cleaved rocks of the Hinojo, Providencia, Lolen and Sauce Grande Formations and mylonitic bands within basement rocks are described. Angular relationships between the obtuse bisectors in conjugate compressive kink fold sets and the planar anisotropy (cleavage) are related to lithology and geographical location. The deduced compressive field has plunges at 10° towards 330° and has a σ 1 nearly parallel to the preexisting penetrative anisotropy (cleavage). The kinking is associated with a later brittle deformation stage developed on the SW margin of the La Plata Craton during the last events of NW convergence of the Hercynian Orogeny. -English summary
Documento: | Artículo |
Título: | Tectonic characterization of the mesoscopic kinking from the Sierras Australes of Buenos Aires |
Autor: | Rossello, E.A.; Massabie, A.C. |
Filiación: | Departamento de Ciencias Geologicas, Univ. de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellon 2, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina, Argentina |
Palabras clave: | brittle deformation; compression; Hercynian orogeny; kink fold; tectonics; Argentina; Buenos Aires; Sierras Australes |
Año: | 1992 |
Volumen: | 47 |
Número: | 2 |
Página de inicio: | 179 |
Página de fin: | 187 |
Título revista: | Revista - Asociacion Geologica Argentina |
Registro: | https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_NIS00282_v47_n2_p179_Rossello |