Magallanes–Fagnano_Fault

Magallanes-Fagnano Fault

Magallanes-Fagnano Fault

Continental transform fault between the Scotia Plate and the South American Plate

The Magallanes–Fagnano Fault (Spanish: Falla Fagnano–Magallanes) is a continental transform fault.[1] The fault marks a transform boundary between the Scotia Plate and the South American Plate, cutting across continental crust.[2] It runs under the Strait of Magellan's western arm, Almirantazgo Sound and Fagnano Lake.

It has been suggested that the Magallanes-Fagnano Fault is a reactivated suture of pre-Jurassic age separating the basement of two terranes.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Lodolo, Emanuele; Menichetti, Marco; Bartole, Roberto; Ben‐Avraham, Zvi; Tassone, Alejandro; Lippai, Horacio (2003). "Magallanes-Fagnano continental transform fault (Tierra del Fuego, southernmost South America)". Tectonics. 22 (6): 1076. Bibcode:2003Tecto..22.1076L. doi:10.1029/2003TC001500.
  2. [2]
    Hervé, F.; Fanning, C.M.; Pankhurst, R.J.; Mpodozis, C.; Klepeis, K.; Calderón, M.; Thomson, S.N. (2010). "Detrital zircon SHRIMP U–Pb age study of the Cordillera Darwin Metamorphic Complex of Tierra del Fuego: sedimentary sources and implications for the evolution of the Pacific margin of Gondwana" (PDF). Journal of the Geological Society, London. 167 (3): 555–568. Bibcode:2010JGSoc.167..555H. doi:10.1144/0016-76492009-124.

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