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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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Major South American geological features
- Antarctic
- Caribbean
- Cocos
- Coiba
- Malpelo
- Nazca
- North Andes
- Scotia
- South American
- Amazonian Craton
- Arequipa-Antofalla Craton
- Atlantic Shield
- Central Brazilian Shield
- Guiana Shield
- Paranapanema Block
- Río Apa Craton
- Río de la Plata Craton
- São Francisco Craton
- Uruguayan Shield
- Aguapeí
- Amazon Rift
- Asunción Rift
- Cuyo Rift
- Espino
- Neuquén Rifts
- Paramirim
- Salta Rifts
- Altiplano
- Amazon
- Andean foreland
- Central Brazil
- Chaco
- Colorado
- Cuyo
- Eastern Venezuela
- Golfo San Jorge
- Magallanes
- Malvinas
- Neuquén
- Pantanal
- Paraíba
- Paraná
- Salta
- Solimões
- Andean
- Brasiliano
- Cariri Velhos
- Chonide
- Famatinian
- Gondwanide
- Juruá
- Pampean
- San Rafael
- Sunsás
- Terra Australis
- Tilcarian
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