Abstract

GONZALEZ GUILLOT, Mauricio; URRAZA, Ivana; ACEVEDO, Rogelio Daniel  and  ESCAYOLA, Mónica. Magmatismo básico jurásico-cretácico en los andes fueguinos y su relación con la cuenca marginal rocas verdes. Rev. Asoc. Geol. Argent. [online]. 2016, vol.73, n.1, pp.1-22. ISSN 0004-4822.

Several basic sills, dykes and lavas crop-out flanking the ophiolitic remnants of the Rocas Verdes marginal basin, affected by low-grade regional metamorphism. Three varieties are distinguished accordingly to their primary paragenesis: plagioclase-pyroxene lavas and sills, plagioclase lavas and sills, and hornblende-bearing sills. The former two are intercalated in the Late Jurassic Lemaire Formation, but do not extend into overlying units (Yahgán and Beauvoir Formations). Several sills of these two varieties show evidences of emplacement into unconsolidated sediments, which indicate they are coeval with Lemaire Formation and basaltic lavas. The plagioclase-pyroxene lavas and sills are chemically similar, suggesting they are co-genetic. The plagioclase varieties appear towards the margins of some pyroxene-plagioclase varieties or as independent sills; its geochemistry suggests they derive from the pyroxene-plagioclase varieties by crustal assimilation. Based on field relations and chemistry, the origin of the plagioclase-pyroxene and plagioclase varieties is related to the initial stages of rifting, before the development of the oceanic spreading ridges. This interpretation, along with the field observation, suggests that in areas away from the axis of the basin all basic rocks, except the hornblende diabases, were emplaced prior to the deposition of the Yahgán Formation, which represents the most evolved stage of the marginal basin. Contrarily, the hornblende diabases cut the Yahgán Formation and are petrographically and chemically distinct from the other varieties. Thus they constitute a different, younger unit. The formal name Puente Quemado Gabbro is adopted for this unit.

Keywords : Basic rocks; Stratigraphy; Petrography; Geochemistry; Tierra del Fuego.

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