Geomorphological evolution of the Tilcara alluvial fan (Jujuy Province, NW Argentina): Tectonic implications and palaeoenvironmental considerations |
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| Authors: | Carlos Sancho Jos Luis Pea Felipe Rivelli Ed Rhodes Arsenio Muoz |
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| Institution: | Carlos Sancho, José Luis Peña, Felipe Rivelli, Ed Rhodes,Arsenio Muñoz |
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| Abstract: | The development and evolution of the Tilcara alluvial fan, in the Quebrada de Humahuaca (Andean Eastern Cordillera, NW Argentina), has been analysed by using geomorphological mapping techniques, sedimentological characterisation of the deposits and OSL chronological methods. It is a complex segmented alluvial fan made up of five evolutionary stages (units Qf1, Qf2, Qf3, Qf4 and Qf5) developed under arid climatic environments as well as compressive tectonic conditions. Segmentation processes, including aggradation/entrenchment cycles and changes in the location of the depositional lobe, are mainly controlled by climatic and/or tectonic changes as well as channel piracy processes in the drainage system. Alluvial fan deposits include debris flows, sheet flows and braided channel facies associated with high water discharge events in an arid environment. The best mean OSL age estimated for stage Qf2 is 84.5 ± 7 ka BP. In addition, a thrust fault affecting these deposits has been recognized and, as a consequence, the compressive tectonics must date from the Upper Pleistocene in this area of the Andean Eastern Cordillera. |
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| Keywords: | Tilcara alluvial fan OSL dating Upper Pleistocene Thrust tectonics Arid environments Andean CordilleraPalabras clave: Abanico aluvial de Tilcara Dataciones OSL Pleistoceno superior Cabalgamientos Ambientes á ridos Cordillera de los Andes |
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