Palynofacies associated to hyperpycnite deposits of the Miocene, Cabo Viamonte Beds, Austral Basin, Argentina
The Miocene deposits in the Punta Basílica locality, southernmost Argentina, are included within the Cabo Viamonte Beds, Cabo Domingo Group, in the Austral foreland basin of Tierra del Fuego province. The prograding clinoform systems were accumulated during a weak compressional tectonic regime that...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Facies 2018-07, Vol.64 (3), p.1-14, Article 22 |
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Zusammenfassung: | The Miocene deposits in the Punta Basílica locality, southernmost Argentina, are included within the Cabo Viamonte Beds, Cabo Domingo Group, in the Austral foreland basin of Tierra del Fuego province. The prograding clinoform systems were accumulated during a weak compressional tectonic regime that allowed the development of a narrow shelf. Paleoenvironmental reconstructions suggest that these clinoforms comprise two dominant architectural elements, channel-levee and lobe complexes, formed mainly by density hyperpycnal currents in outer shelf to depositional slope environments. The transitional and recurrent (vertical and lateral) alternation between sedimentary structures without rheologic boundaries associated with the co-occurrence of plant remains (
Nothofagus
) are diagnostic criteria for the recognition of hyperpycnites. This type of density flow typically transports large volumes of sediment and organic matter from proximal to deep-marine settings. Four palynofacies types were recognized in a cluster analysis. In general, the palynofacies show predominance of spores and pollen grains, tissues, cuticles, and spongy to fibrous amorphous organic matter (plant and/or freshwater to brackish algae derived), which reflect different positions within the depositional system (e.g., levee-channel and lobe deposits). The co-occurrence of inshore (
Batiacasphaera
spp.,
Lingulodinium
sp.) with relatively more oceanic (
Operculodinium centrocarpum
,
Spiniferites
spp.) dinoflagellates is a strong indication that shallow-water assemblages have been displaced into deep-water settings. Due to the presence of
Lingulodinium hemicystum
(first appearance data: 23.0 Ma.) and
Pentadinium laticinctum
(last appearance data: 11.6 Ma.) an age not older than Miocene and not younger than the Serravallian/Tortorian boundary for the Punta Basílica section is proposed. |
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ISSN: | 0172-9179 1612-4820 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s10347-018-0535-2 |