Fault zone development and strain partitioning in an extensional strike-slip duplex: A case study from the Mesozoic Atacama fault system, Northern Chile

Tectonophysics

Volumn 400, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 105-125

  Cembrano, J ^a   Gonzalez G ^a   Arancibia, G ^b   Ahumada, I ^a   Olivares, V ^a   Herrera, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^b SERVICIO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGÍA Y MINERÍA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Andes; Atacama; Faults; Strain partitioning; Strike slip duplexes

Indexed keywords

FAULT ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONOPHYSICS;

ATACAMA; CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ATACAMA; EQUISETUM;

EID: 17844393373     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.02.012     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. Arabasz, W., 1971. Geological and Geophysical studies of the Atacama Fault Zone in Northern Chile. Unpublished PhD thesis, California Institute of Technology, 264 pp.
2. C. Bonson J. Grocott A. Rankin A structural model for the development of Fe-Cu mineralisation Coastal Cordillera, Northern Chile (25°15′S-27°15′S). 8° Congreso Geológico Chileno vol. III 1997 Universidad Católica del Norte Antofagasta, Chile 1608-1612
3. S.E. Boyer D. Elliott Thrust systems American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 66 1982 1196-1230
4. M. Brown F. Díaz J. Grocott Displacement history of the Atacama Fault System, 25°00′S-27°00′S, northern Chile Geological Society of America Bulletin 105 1993 1165-1174
5. J. Cembrano G. González I. Ahumada G. Arancibia Brittle deformation and fluid transport in magmatic arcs: A case study from the Atacama Fault Zone Andean Geodynamics, 5th International Symposium, Tolouse, France 2002 129-132
6. F.M. Chester J.M. Logan Composite planar fabric of gouge from the Punchbowl Fault, California Journal of Structural Geology 9 1987 621-634
7. M. Corsini A. Vauchez R. Caby Ductile duplexing a bend of a continental-scale strike-slip shear zone: Example from NE Brazil Journal of Structural Geology 18 1996 385-394
8. S.D.J. Cox C.H. Scholz On the formation and growth of fault an experimental study Journal of Structural Geology 10 1988 413-430
9. J.C. Crowell Origin of the Late Cenozoic basins of southern California: Society of economic paleontologists and mineralogists Special Publication 22 1974 190-204
10. O. Dauteuil J.P. Brun Deformation partitioning in a slow-spreading ridge undergoing oblique extension (Mohns ridge - Norwegian Sea) Tectonics 15 1996 870-884
11. R. Forsythe L. Chisholm Paleomagnetic and structural constraints on rotation in the north Chilean Coast Ranges Journal of South American Earth Sciences 7 1994 279-294
12. G. González D. Carrizo Segmentación, cinemática y cronología relativa de la deformación tardía de la Falla Salar del Carmen, Sistema de Fallas de Atacama, (23°40′S), norte de Chile Revista Geológica de Chile 30 2003 223-244
13. González, G., Niemeyer, H., 2003. Geología de la Hoja Antofagasta, Región de Antofagasta. Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería, Carta Geológica de Chile, Serie Geología Básica, escala 1:100.000, Santiago.
14. G. González J. Cembrano D. Carrizo A. Macci H. Schneider The link between forearc tectonics and Pliocene-Quaternary deformation of the Coastal Cordillera, northern Chile Journal of South American Earth Sciences 16 2003 321-342
15. J. Grocott G.K. Taylor Deformation partitioning, magmatic arc fault systems and the emplacement of granitic complexes in the Coastal Cordillera, north Chilean Andes (25-27°S) Journal of Geological Society of London 159 2002 425-442
16. J. Grocott M. Brown R.D. Dallmeyer G.K. Taylor P.J. Treolar Mechanisms of continental growth in extensional arcs: An example from the Andean plate-boundary zone Geology 22 1994 391-394
17. M.R. Hempton K. Neher Experimental fracture, strain and subsidence patterns over en échelon strike-slip fault: Implications for the structural evolution of pull-apart basins Journal of Structural Geology 8 1986 597-605
18. F. Hervé Movimiento sinistral en el Cretácico inferior de la Zona de Falla de Atacama al norte de Paposo (24°S), Chile Revista Geológica de Chile 31 1987 31-36
19. D.P. Hill A model for earthquake swarms Journal of Geophysical Research 82 1977 347-352
20. Young-Seog Kim D.C.P. Peacock David J. Sanderson Mesoscale strike-slip fault and damage zones at Marsalforn, Gozo Island, Malta Journal of Structural Geology 25 2003 793-812
21. F. Lucassen G. Franz Arc related Jurassic igneous and meta-igneous rocks in the Coastal Cordillera of Northern Chile, Region Antofagasta Lithos 32 3-4 1994 273-298
22. R.A. Marrett R.W. Allmendinger Kinematic analysis of fault-slip data Journal of Structural Geology 12 1990 937-986
23. S.J. Martel Formation of compound strike-slip fault zones, Mount Abbot quadrangle, California Journal of Structural Geology 12 1990 869-882
24. M.A. Naylor G. Mandl C.H.K. Sijpesteijn Fault geometries in basement-induced wrench faulting under different initial stress states Journal of Structural Geology 8 1986 737-752
25. J.P. Petit Criteria for the sense of movement on fault surfaces in the brittle rocks Journal of Structural Geology 9 1987 597-608
26. Alexei N.B. Poliakov Renata Dmowska James R. Rice Dynamic shear rupture interactions with fault bends and off-axis secondary faulting Journal of Geophysical Research 107 B11 2002 2295
27. Riedel, W., 1929. Zur Mechanik geologischer Brucherscheinungen; Ein Betrag zum Problem der "Fiederspalten": Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie, und Paleontologie, Part B 354-368.
28. A. Sanhueza W. Robles J. Cembrano M. Orrego La Zona de Falla de Atacama en el Distrito Manto Verde: Evidencias de magmatismo sintectónico en un duplex extensional Universidad de Chile 9° Congreso Geológico Chileno, Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería y Departamento de Geología 2000 Pto. Varas Chile
29. E. Scheuber P.A.M. Andriessen The kinematics and geodynamics significance of the Atacama Fault Zone, Northern Chile Journal of Structural Geology 12 1990 243-257
30. E. Scheuber G. González Tectonics of the Jurassic-Early Cretaceous magmatic arc of the north Chilean Coastal Cordillera (22°-26°S): A story of crustal deformation along a convergent plate boundary Tectonics 18 1999 895-910
31. E. Scheuber K.J. Reutter Magmatism arc tectonics in the Central Andes between 21° and 25°S Tectonophysics 205 1-3 1992 127-140
32. 39Ar and Rb-Sr analyses from ductile shear zones from the Atacama Fault Zone, Northern Chile: The age of the deformation Tectonophysics 250 1995 61-87
33. C. Scholz The Mechanics of Earthquakes and Faulting 2000 Cambridge University Press
34. R.H. Sibson Earthquake rupturing as a hydrothermal mineralizing agent Geology 15 1987 701-704
35. R.H. Sibson Faulting and fluid flow In: B.E. Nesbit (Ed.) MAC Short Course on "Crustal Fluids" Handbook vol. 18 1990
36. R.H. Sibson Structural permeability of fluid driven fault-fracture meshes Journal of Structural Geology 18 1996 1031-1042
37. M. Swanson Extensional duplexing in the York Cliffs strike-slip fault system, southern coastal Maine Journal of Structural Geology 12 1990 499-512
38. A.G. Sylvester Strike-slip faults Geological Society of America Bulletin 100 1988 1666-1703
39. G.K. Taylor J. Grocott A. Pope D.E. Randall Mesozoic fault systems, deformation and block rotation in the Andean forearc: A crustal-scale strike-slip duplex in the Coastal Cordillera of Northern Chile Tectonophysics 299 1998 93-110
40. J.S. Tchalenko Similarities between shear zones of different magnitudes Geological Society of America Bulletin 81 1970 1625-1640
41. J.S. Tchalenko M. Berberian Dasht-e Bayaz Fault, Iran: Earthquake and earlier related structures in bed rock Geological Society of America Bulletin 86 1975 703-709
42. N. Woodcock M. Fisher Strike-slip duplexes Journal of Structural Geology 8 1986 725-735