Extensional tectonics in convergent margin basins: an example from the Salar de Atacama, Chilean Andes

S. Flint; P. Turner; E. J. Jolley; A. J. Hartley

doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1993)105<0603:ETICMB>2.3.CO;2

Extensional tectonics in convergent margin basins: an example from the Salar de Atacama, Chilean Andes

S. Flint, P. Turner, E. J. Jolley, A. J. Hartley

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The Salar de Atacama basin of northern Chile preserves stratigraphic evidence for the evolution of the Andean cycle. It has evolved from a non-arc-related rift, through back-arc and inter-arc stages, to a Neogene fore-arc basin. Accumulation of the sedimentary succession was mainly due to extensional faulting. Important but short-duration contractional episodes do link to known first-order plate-margin changes, but their stratigraphic effect appears to be restricted to uplift-erosion rather than creation of significant flexural subsidence. -from Authors

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	603-617
Number of pages	14
Journal	Bulletin of the Geological Society of America
Volume	105
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1993)105<0603:ETICMB>2.3.CO;2
Publication status	Published - 1993

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Extensional tectonics in convergent margin basins: an example from the Salar de Atacama, Chilean Andes

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