Pre-carboniferous Evolution of the San Rafael Block, Argentina: Implications in the Gondwana Margin

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Pre-Carboniferous Evolution of the San Rafael Block, Argentina. Implications in the SW Gondwana Margin: An Introduction....Pages 1-17
The Mesoproterozoic Basement at the San Rafael Block, Mendoza Province (Argentina): Geochemical and Isotopic Age Constraints....Pages 19-58
Sedimentary Provenance Analysis of the Ordovician Ponón Trehué Formation, San Rafael Block, Mendoza-Argentina....Pages 59-74
Ordovician Conodont Biostratigraphy of the Ponón Trehué Formation, San Rafael Block, Mendoza, Argentina....Pages 75-86
The Pavón Formation as the Upper Ordovician Unit Developed in a Turbidite Sand-Rich Ramp. San Rafael Block, Mendoza, Argentina....Pages 87-104
Lower Paleozoic ‘El Nihuil Dolerites’: Geochemical and Isotopic Constraints of Mafic Magmatism in an Extensional Setting of the San Rafael Block, Mendoza, Argentina....Pages 105-125
Magnetic Fabrics and Paleomagnetism of the El Nihuil Mafic Unit, San Rafael Block, Mendoza, Argentina....Pages 127-135
Low-Grade Metamorphic Conditions and Isotopic Age Constraints of the La Horqueta Pre-Carboniferous Sequence, Argentinian San Rafael Block....Pages 137-159
La Horqueta Formation: Geochemistry, Isotopic Data, and Provenance Analysis....Pages 161-182
Silurian-Devonian Land–Sea Interaction within the San Rafael Block, Argentina: Provenance of the Río Seco de los Castaños Formation....Pages 183-208
Primitive Vascular Plants and Microfossils from the Río Seco de los Castaños Formation, San Rafael Block, Mendoza Province, Argentina....Pages 209-220
The Rodeo de la Bordalesa Tonalite Dykes as a Lower Devonian Magmatic Event: Geochemical and Isotopic Age Constraints....Pages 221-238
Pre-Carboniferous Tectonic Evolution of the San Rafael Block, Mendoza Province....Pages 239-255
San Rafael Block Geological Map Compilation....Pages 257-264
Back Matter....Pages 265-267