A depositional record of deglaciation in a paleofjord (Late Carboniferous [Pennsylvanian] of San Juan Province, Argentina): The role of catastrophic sedimentation

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 116, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 348-367

  Kneller, Ben ^a   Milana, Juan Pablo ^b   Buckee, Clare ^a   al Ja'aidi, Omar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN JUAN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Carboniferous; Catastrophic; Deglaciation; Fjord; Mass transport; Pennsylvanian

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

DEPOSITION; FLOODS; GRAVEL; LIMESTONE; MASS TRANSFER; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; TURBIDITY; VEGETATION; WATER;

GEOLOGY;

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; DEGLACIATION; FJORD; PENNSYLVANIAN; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

ARGENTINA; SAN JUAN [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 1842532960     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25242.1     Document Type: Article

References (63)

1. Åarseth, I., 1997, Western Norwegian fjord sediments: Age, volume, stratigraphy, and role as temporary depository during glacial cycles: Marine Geology, v. 143, p. 39-53.
2. Åarseth, I., Lønne, Ø., and Giskeødegaard, O., 1989, Submarine slides in glaciomarine sediments in some western Norwegian fjords: Marine Geology, v. 88, p. 1-21.
3. Amos, A.J., 1954, Estructura de las formaciones paleozoicas de La Rinconada, pie oriental de la Sierra Chiea de Zonda (San Juan): Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina, v. 9, no. 1 p. 5-38.
4. Amos, A.J., and Rolleri, E.O., 1965, El Carbónico marino en el Valle Calingasta-Uspallata (San Juan-Mendoza): Buenos Aires, Boletín de Informaciones Petroleras, v. 1, p. 1-23.
5. Banchig, A.L., Milana, J.P., and Lech, R., 1997, Formación Casa de Piedra, una nueva unidad Neopaleozoica glacimarina en la Sierra del Tontal. Precordillera Occidental, San Juan: San Juan, Argentina, II Jornadas de Geología de Precordillera, p. 92-97.
6. Benn, D.I., and Evans, D.J.A., 1998, Glaciers and glaciation: London, Arnold, 734 p.
7. Beresi, M.S., and Bordonaro, C.L., 1985, La formación San Juan en la Quehrada de las Lajas. Sierra Chica de Zonda, Provincia de San Juan, in Actas del Congreso Geológico Argentino, Buenos Aires: Asociación Geológica Argentina, v. 9, p. 95-107.
8. Bercowski, F., and Zambrano, J.J., 1990, Carbonífero y Permico de San Juan, in Bordonaro, O.L., ed., Geología de San Juan: San Juan, Argentina, Relatorio de geología y recursos naturales de la Provincia de San Juan, 11th Congreso Geológico Argentina, p. 33-52.
9. Bercowski, F., and Milana, J.P., 1990, Sedimentacion glacimarina: Nueva interpretation poor para la Formación Guandacol (Carbonífero) en el perfil de rio Francia. Precordilla Central. San Juan: 3rd Reunión Argentina de Sedimentología: Actas, p. 31-36.
10. Bercowski, F., Glenisson, F., Milana, J.P., and Ruzycki, L., 1991, Esquema litofacial y paleoambiental del Carbonífero en Quebrada Grande. Precordillera Argentina, in Perez, d'A. Ernesto, ed., Congreso Geológico Chileno, Resumenes Expandidos, v. 6, p. 485-489.
11. Blais-Stevens, A., Bornhold, B.D., Kemp, A.E.S., Dean, J.M., and Vann, A.A., 2001, Overview of late Quaternary stratigraphy in Saanich Inlet. British Columbia: Results of the Ocean Drilling Program Leg 169S: Marine Geology, v. 174, p. 3-26.
12. Bornhold, B.D., and Prior, D.B., 1990, Morphology and sedimentary processes on the subaqueous Noeick River delta, British Columbia, Canada, in Colella, A., and Prior, D.B., eds., Coarse-grained deltas: International Association of Sedimentologists Special Publication 10, p. 169-181.
13. Buatois, L.A., and Mángano, M.G., 1995, Sedimentary dynamics and evolutionary history of a Late Carboniferous lake in north-western Argentina: Sedimentology, v. 42, p. 415-436.
14. Cai, J., Powell, R.D., Cowan, E.A., and Carlson, P.R., 1997, Lithofacies and seismic reflection interpretation of temperate glacimarine sedimentation in Tarr Inlet, Glacier Bay, Alaska: Marine Geology, v. 143, p. 5-37.
15. Carey, S.N., Sigurdsson, H., and Sparks, R.S.J., 1988, Experimental studies of particle-laden plumes: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 93, p. 15,314-15,328.
16. Carlson, P.R., Powell, R.D., and Phillips, A.C., 1992, Submarine sedimentary features on a fjord delta front, Queen Inlet, Glacier Bay, Alaska: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 29, p. 565-573.
17. Césari, S.N., and Bercowski, F., 1997, Palinología de la Formación Jejenes (Carbonífero) en la Quebrada de las Lajas. Provincia de San Juan, Argentina, Nuevas inferencias paleoambientales: Ameghiniana, v. 34, p. 497-509.
18. Césari, S., Gutíerrez, P., and Amos, A., 1987, Revisión bioestratigráfica de la Formación Jejenes, (Carbonífero), Provincia de San Juan, Primerias Jornadas de Geología de Precordillera (San Juan, 1985): Buenos Aires. Asociación Geológica Argentina, p. 174-180.
19. Cowan, E.A., 1992, Meltwater and tidal currents: Controls on circulation in a small glacial fjord: Estuarine, Coastal, and Shelf Science, v. 32, p. 381-391.
20. Cowan, E.A., 2001, Late Pleistocene glacimarine record in Saanich Inlet, British Columbia, Canada: Marine, Geology, v. 174, p. 43-57.
21. Cowan, E.A., and Powell, R.D., 1991, Ice-proximal sediment accumulation rates in a temperate glacial fjord, southeastern Alaska, in Anderson, J.B., and Ashley, G.M., eds., Glacial marine sedimentation; Paleoclimatic significance: Geological Society of America Special Paper 261, p. 61-73.
22. Cowan, E.A., Seramur, K.C., Cai, J., and Powell R.D., 1999, Cyclic sedimentation produced by fluctuations to meltwater discharge, tides and marine productivity in an Alaskan fjord: Sedimentology, v. 46, p. 1109-1126.
23. Crowley, T.J., Baum, S.K., and Hyde, W.T. 1991, Climate model comparison of Gondwanan and Laurentide glaciations: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 96, p. 9217-9226.
24. Dowdeswell, J.A., and Scourse, J.D., 1990, On the description and modelling of glacimarine sediments and sedimentation, in Dowdeswell, J.A., and Scourse, J.D., eds., Glacimarine environments: Processes and sediments: Geological Society of America Special Paper 53, p. 1-13.
25. Eyles, C.H., Eyles, N., and Miall, A.D., 1985, Models of glaciomarine sedimentation and their application to the interpretation of ancient glacial sequences: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 51, p. 15-84.
26. Eyles, N., Mullins, H.T., and Hine, A.C., 1990, Thick and fast: Sedimentation in a Pleistocene fjord lake of British Columbia, Canada: Geology, v. 18, p. 1153-1157.
27. Eyles, N., Gonzales Bonorino, G., França, A.B., and Eyles, C.H., 1995, Hydrocarbon-bearing late Paleozoic glaciated basins of southern and central South America, in Tankard, A.J., Suárez-Soruco, R., and Welsink, H.J., eds., Petroleum basins of South America: AAPG Memoir 62, p. 165-183.
28. Fernández Seveso, F., and Tankard, A.J., 1995, Tectonics and stratigraphy of the late Paleozoic Paganzo Basin of western Argentina and its regional implications, in Tankard, A.J., Suárez-Soruco, R., and Welsink, H.J., eds., Petroleum basins of South America: AAPG Memoir 62, p. 285-301.
29. Fisher, R.V., 1983, Flow transformations in sediment gravity flows: Geology, v. 11, p. 273-274.
30. Gravenor, C.P., von Brunn, V., and Dreimanis, A., 1984, Nature and classification of waterlain glaciogenic sediments, exemplified by Pleistocene, late Palaeozoic and late Precambrian deposit: Earth Science Reviews, v. 20, p. 105-166.
31. Kuenen, Ph. H., 1968, Settling convection and grain-size analysis: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 38, p. 817-831.
32. Lambeck, A.M., 1995, Late Devensian and Holocene shorelines of the British Isles and North Sea from models of glacio-hydro-isostatic rebound: Geological Society [London] Journal, v. 152, p. 437-448.
33. Lønne, I., Nemee, W., Blikra, L.H., and Lauritsen, T., 2001, Sedimentary architecture and dynamic stratigraphy of a marine ice-contact system: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 71, p. 922-943.
34. López-Gamundí, O.R., 1983, Modelo de sedimentación glacimarina para la Formación Hoyada Verde, Paleozoico superior de la Provincia de San Juan: Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina, v. 38, p. 60-72.
35. López-Gamundí, O.R., 1997, Glacial-post-glacial transition in the late Paleozoic basins of southern South America., in Martini, I.P., ed., Late glacial and postglacial environmental changes-Quaternary, Carboniferous-Permian, and Proterozoic: New York, Oxford University Press, p. 147-168.
36. López-Gamundí, O.R., Limarino, O., and Césari, S.N., 1993, Late Paleozoic paleoclimatology of central west Argentina: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 91, p. 305-329.
37. Lowe, D.R., 1982, Sediment gravity flows: II. Depositional models with special reference to the deposits of high-density turbidity currents: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 52, p. 279-297.
38. Mackiewicz, N.E., Powell, R.D., Carlson, P.R., and Molnia, B.F., 1984, Interlaminated ice-proximal glacimarine sediments in Muir Inlet, Alaska: Marine Geology, v. 57, p. 113-147.
39. Martinez, M., 1991, Marine fauna occurrence in the Guandacol Formation (Carboniferous) at Agua Hedionda, San Juan, northeastern Precordillera, Argentina: Abstracts, 12th International Congress on Permian and Carboniferous Stratigraphy and Geology, Buenos Aires (addenda), p. 3.
40. McCarroll, D., Shakesby, R.A., and Matthews, J.A., 2001, Enhanced rockfall activity during the Little Ice Age: Further lichenometric evidence from a Norwegian talus: Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, v. 12, p. 157-164.
41. Milana, J.P., and Bercowski, F., 1990, Facies y geometría de depósitos glaciales en un paleovalle Carbonífero de Precordillera Central, San Juan, Argentina: 3rd Reuníon Argentina de Sedimentología, San Juan, Argentina, Actas, p. 199-204.
42. Milana, J.P., and Lopez, Sergio, 1998, Solar cycles recorded in Carboniferous glacimarine rhythmites (western Argentina); relationships between climate and sedimentary environment: Paleogeography, Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology, v. 144, no. 1-2, p. 37-63.
43. Milana, J.P., Banchig, A.L., and Bercowski, F., 1985, Descripción sedimentológica de la sección basal de una secuencia Neopaleozoica de la Precordillera Central: 1st Jornadas de Geología de Precordillera, San Juan, Argentina, Actas, p. 295-300.
44. Milana, J.P., Bercowski, F., and Lech, R.R., 1987 Análisis de una secuencia marino-continental Neopaleozoica enla región del río San Juan. Precordillera Central, San Juan: 10th Congreso Geológico Argentino, Tucumán, Argentina, Actas III, p. 113-116.
45. Miller, D.J., 1960, Giant waves in Lituya Bay, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 354-C, p. 51-86.
46. Moncrieff, A.C.M., 1989, Classification of poorly sorted sediments: Sedimentary Geology, v. 65, p. 191-194.
47. Nemec, W., 1990, Aspects of sediment movement on steep deltas slopes, in Colella, A., and Prior, D.B., eds., Coarse-grained deltas: International Association of Sedimentologists Special Publication No. 10, p. 29-73.
48. Nemec, W., Lønne, I., and Blikra, L.H., 1999, The Kregnes moraine in Gauldalen, west-central Norway: Anatomy of a Younger Dryas proglacial delta in a palaeofjord basin: Boreas, v. 28, p. 454-476.
49. Peralta, S.H., 1990, The Silurian of the San Juan Precordillera, in Bordonaro, O., ed., Relatorio de geologia y recursos naturales de la Provincia de San Juan: Buenos Aires, Asociación Geológica Argentina, p. 48-64.
50. Peralta, S.H., and Milana, J.P., 1998, Trazas fósiles en al base de la Formación Jejenes (Carbonífero medio-superior), Precordillera Oriental de San Juan [abs.]: Tercera Reunión Argentina de Icnología, Mar del Plata, p. 23.
51. th Congreso Geológico Chileno. Actas Antofagasta, Chile. Universidad del Norte, v. 1, p. 129-133.
52. Powell, R.D., 1990, Glacimarine processes at groundingline fans and their growth to ice-contact deltas, in Dowdeswell, J.A., and Scourse, J.D., eds., Glacimarine environments: Processes and sediments: Geological Society of America Special Paper 53, p. 53-73.
53. Powell, R.D., and Domack, E., 1995, Modern glaciomarine environments, in Menzies, J., ed., Glacial environments, Volume I: Modern glacial environments: Processes, dynamics and sediments: Oxford, Butterworth-Heinemann, p. 445-486.
54. Powell, R.D., and Molnia, B.F., 1989, Glacimarine sedimentary processes, facies and morphology of the south-south-east Alaska shelf and fjords: Marine Geology, v. 85, p. 359-390.
55. Prior, D.B., and Bornhold, B.D., 1988, Submarine morphology and processes of fjord fan deltas and related high-gradient systems: Modern examples from British Columbia, in Nemec, W., and Steel, R.J., eds., Fan deltas: Sedimentology and tectonic settings: Glasgow, UK, Blackie and Son, p. 125-143.
56. Prior, D.B., Bornhold, B.D., Coleman, J.M., and Bryant, W.R., 1982, Morphology of a submarine slide, Kitimat Arm, British Columbia: Geology, v. 10, p. 588-592.
57. Ramos, V.A., 1988, The tectonics of central Andes: 30°-33°S latitude, in Clark, S.P., Jr., Burchfiel, B.C., and Suppe, J., eds., Processes in continental lithospheric deformation: Geological Society of America Special Paper 218, p. 31-54.
58. Rolleri, E.O., and Baldis, B.A.J., 1969, Paleogeography and distribution Carboniferous deposits in the Argentine Precordillera: IUGS Symposiums: Gondwana stratigraphy, Earth sciences: Geneva, UNESCO, v. 2, p. 1005-1024.
59. Salfity, J.A., and Gorustovich, S.A., 1983, Paleogeografía de la Cuenca de Paganzo (Paleozoico Superior): Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina, v. 38, p. 437-453.
60. Smith, L.M., and Andrews, J.T., 2000, Sediment characteristics in iceberg-dominated fjords. Kangerlussaq region, East Greenland: Sedimentary Geology, v. 130, p. 11-25.
61. Syvitski, J.P.M., Andrews, J.T., and Dowdeswell, J.A., 1996, Sediment deposition in an iceberg dominated glacimarine environment. East Greenland: Basin-fill implications: Global and Planetary Change, v. 12, p. 251-270.
62. Vega, J.C., 1995, La flora fosil de la Formación Jejenes (Carbonífero). Implicancias paleoclimaticas y paleobiogeograficas: Ameghiniana, v. 32, p. 31-40.
63. Weimer, P., 1995, Sequence stratigraphy of the Mississippi Fan (late-Miocene-Pleistocene), northern deep Gulf of Mexico, in Pickering, K.T., Hiscott, R.N., Kenyon, N.H., Lucchi, F.R., and Smith, R.D.A., eds., Atlas of deep water environments: Architectural style in turbidite systems: London, Chapman and Hall, p. 94-99.