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Tectonic evolution of the Colorado Basin, offshore Argentina, inferred from seismo-stratigraphy and depositional rates analysis

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Based on a dense 2D seismic reflection dataset and information from 8 exploration wells, we reinterpreted the stratigraphic evolution of the Colorado Basin. The basin is located on the continental shelf and slope within 50 to 2250 m of bathymetry. The total sediment fill can be up to 16,000 m. Seismic-to-well log correlations provide a chrono-stratigraphic framework for the interpreted seismic sequences. We show that the Colorado Basin records the development of a Permian pre-rift period, a Triassic/Jurassic to Early Cretaceous rift phase and a Lower Cretaceous to Tertiary drift phase. This passive margin represents the evolution of lithospheric extension from active rifting to the thermal subsidence/drift stage. Several Cretaceous to Cenozoic slumping episodes were identified and related to progradation of the sequences and sediment build-up in the slope, as well as to the development of seaward dipping extensional faults.
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hal-00932271 , version 1 (17-01-2014)

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Markus J. Loegering, Z. Anka, Julia Autin, Rolando Di Primio, Denis Marchal, et al.. Tectonic evolution of the Colorado Basin, offshore Argentina, inferred from seismo-stratigraphy and depositional rates analysis. Tectonophysics, 2013, 604, pp.245-263. ⟨10.1016/J.TECTO.2013.02.008⟩. ⟨hal-00932271⟩
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