Paleomagnetic evidence of an early Paleozoic rotated terrane in northwest Argentina: A clue for Gondwana-Laurentia interaction?

Paleomagnetic results from three Lower Ordovician units in northwest Argentina are reported. When assessed with available geologic evidence, these data permit the definition of the Puna Oriental-Famatina rotated terrane. Paleogeographic reconstructions based on these paleomagnetic results place Puna...

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Published in:Geology (Boulder) 1996-10, Vol.24 (10), p.953-956
Main Authors: Conti, C M, Rapalini, A E, Coira, B, Koukharsky, M
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Language:English
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Summary:Paleomagnetic results from three Lower Ordovician units in northwest Argentina are reported. When assessed with available geologic evidence, these data permit the definition of the Puna Oriental-Famatina rotated terrane. Paleogeographic reconstructions based on these paleomagnetic results place Puna Oriental-Famatina in the South Iapetus ocean, close to the Gondwana margin and near some of the Lower-Middle Ordovician Central Mobile belt terranes of the Northern Appalachians. The accretion of Puna Oriental-Famatina may have resulted from the closure of this ocean in Middle Ordovician time.
ISSN:0091-7613
DOI:10.1130/0091-7613(1996)0242.3.CO;2