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Geological Society, London, Special Publications; 1998; v. 142; p. 235-258;
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.142.01.12
© 1998 Geological Society of London

Structural evolution of the Sierra de San Luis (Eastern Sierras Pampeanas, Argentina): implications for the Proto-Andean Margin of Gondwana

W. Von Gosen1 & C. Prozzi2

1 Geological Institute, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schlossgarten 5, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany
2 Departmento de Geología, Universidad Nacional del Sur, San Juan 670, 8000 Bahía Blanca, Argentina

The Western Basement Complex of the Sierra de San Luis underwent a complex deformational and metamorphic history of presumed Proterozoic age. The Phyllite Group and equivalents consist of a thick clastic sequence, whose time of deposition is compared with that of the Late Precambrian-Early Cambrian Puncoviscana Formation. This is intruded by early Famatinian magmatic arc tonalites to granodiorites, whereas an eastern basement unit was affected by early Famatinian mafic/ultramafic intrusions, metamorphism, and deformation. This Early Ordovician plutonism is related to east-directed subduction beneath the western margin of the Pampean terrane. Subsequent compression, plutonism, and variable-grade metamorphism are considered to be Mid- to Late Ordovician in age. Post-Famatinian c. WNW-ESE contraction under greenschist facies conditions led to folding of the cover sediments and uplift of different metamorphic units along mylonite zones which record an oblique sinistral component in the western part of the sierra. Based on a few radiometric data, this stage is interpreted as Devonian in age. It is possible that the compressive event was the result of the collision with the Precordillera (Cuyania) terrane in the west: oblique kinematic displacements, together with some evidence from outside the Sierra de San Luis, can be interpreted as the effect of the indenting terrane.





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