Córdoba Fault

Geological fault in Argentina

Córdoba Fault (Spanish: Falla de Córdoba) is a geological fault in central Argentina.[1][2] The fault is dextral and makes up the boundary between the rocks of the Pampean Orogen and Río de la Plata Craton.[1] It is considered by scientists an extension of the Trans Brazilian Lineament.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Casquet, César; Dahlquist, Juán A.; Verdecchia, Sebastián O.; Baldo, Edgardo G.; Galindo, Carmen; Rapela, Carlos W.; Pankhurst, Robert J.; Morales, Matias M.; Murra, Juán A.; Mark Fanning, C. (2018). "Review of the Cambrian Pampean orogeny of Argentina; a displaced orogen formerly attached to the Saldania Belt of South Africa?". Earth-Science Reviews. 177: 209–225. doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.11.013. hdl:11336/45895. S2CID 134338816.
  2. ^ Geuna, Silvana E.; Escostegoy, Leonardo D.; Díaz Appella, Belena; Pinotti, Lucio; D'Eramo, Fernando; Hollanda, Maria Helena B.M. (2021). "The geodynamic evolution of the Famatinian orogen from the paleomagnetic record of El Hongo trondhjemite (Early Paleozoic, Sierras Pampeanas de Córdoba, Argentina)". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 106: 103059. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2020.103059. S2CID 229455476.
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