Stratigraphy and architecture of the Upper Triassic Ischigualasto Formation,Ischigualasto Provincial Park,San Juan,Argentina |
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| Authors: | Brian S Currie Carina E Colombi Neil J Tabor Todd C Shipman Isabel P Montañez |
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| Institution: | 1. Departament de Geologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain;2. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Pavia, Via Ferrata 1, I-27100 Pavia, Italy;3. Instituto de Geociencias (UCM, CSIC), c/ José Antonio Nováis 12, E-28040, Madrid, Spain;4. C2RP, CNRS-MNHN-UPMC, 8 rue Buffon, CP38, F-75005 Paris, France;5. Departamento de Xeociencias Mariñas e Ordenación do Território, Facultade de Ciencias do Mar, Universidade de Vigo, E-36310 Vigo, Spain;6. Departamento de Estratigrafía, Facultad de Geología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid c/ José Antonio Nováis 12, E-28040, Madrid, Spain;7. Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, ICTA-ICP building, c/ de les columnes, s/n, E-08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain;8. Departamento de Cristalografía y Mineralogía, Facultad de Geología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid c/ José Antonio Nováis 12, E-28040, Madrid, Spain;1. Geodynamic and Geomatic Laboratory, Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences, Chouaïb Doukkali University, El Jadida, Morocco;2. Department of Paleontology and Stratigraphy, Institute of Geology and Petroleum Technologies, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, Kazan, Russia;3. Saurierwelt Paläontologisches Museum, Neumarkt, Germany;4. TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institut für Geologie, Freiberg, Sa, Germany |
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| Abstract: | The Ischigualasto Formation in northwestern Argentina contains abundant fluvial channel sandstones, overbank mudstones, and paleosols that were deposited in a northwest-trending continental-rift basin during Late Triassic time. In the study area the formation progressively thins from ～700 m in the west to ～400 m in the east, over a distance of 7 km. This thinning is accompanied by a relative decrease in the abundance of fluvial channel sandstones and an increase in mud-rich overbank deposits and paleosols. While preserved channel deposits in the formation are highly variable in terms of their size and stratigraphic distribution, four general channel forms can be recognized based on their overall cross sectional geometry and internal sedimentary structures. Of these, the dominant channel-body types are interpreted as the deposits of sandy multi-channel fluvial systems. The internal stratigraphic architecture of the Ischigualasto Formation indicates that during deposition, the central part of the basin was the location of a long-lived, north flowing, fluvial channel belt that received relatively continuous channel and proximal overbank deposition. To the east, however, channel-related deposition was more infrequent, resulting in enhanced pedogenic modification of alluvial deposits. The overall thickness and facies trends observed in the Ischigualasto Formation most likely correspond to variations in fault-related accommodation development within the basin during the time of deposition. |
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