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CARBONATOS DEL GRUPO

PUCARÁ (PE R Ú ) COMO
ROCA HUÉSPED: LA
SEDIMENTOLOGÍA ES
CLAVE.

SILVIA ROSAS

Palaeographic
Extension of the
Pucara Basin

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SCHEMATIC
SECTION OF
THE PUCARÁ
GROUP
BETWEEN 10º
AND 12ºS

Rosas et al. 2003

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AF

AF
The Aramachay Formation at San Vicente Mine
(ChF: Chambará Formation, AF: Aramachay
Formation)

ChF

Outcrops of the Pucará Group at Tarmatambo (ChF: Chambará

Formation, AF: Aramachay Formation, CoF: Condorsinga
Formation)

CF

AF
ChF

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376000 380000 384000 388000

8744000

8740000
Outcrops of the Pucará
Group at the SE part of
the 23k Map (Ondores)
of the Peruvian
Geological Survey
Malpaso (INGEMMET,
8736000 Quispesivana & Cobbing
1996)

372000 376000 380000 384000

8724000

8720000
San Antonio Outcrops of the Pucará
Group at the NE part of
the 24k Map (Matucana)
of the Peruvian
Geological Survey
(INGEMMET, Salazar
8716000 1983)

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376000 380000 384000 388000

8712000

8708000

Gavilán Outcrops of the Pucará

Group at the East central
part of the 24k Map
(Matucana) of the
Peruvian Geological
Survey (INGEMMET,
8704000
Salazar 1983)

372000 376000 380000 384000

8724000

8720000
Outcrops of the Pucará
Group at the NE part of
Toldo the 24k Map (Matucana)
of the Peruvian
Geological Survey
(INGEMMET, Salazar
8716000 1983)

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AF
ChF

CoF

AF
Arnioceras cf. densicosta
(early Sinemurian)

Outcrops of the Pucará Group at Malpaso (ChF: Chambará

Formation, AF: Aramachay Formation, CoF: Condorsinga Formation)

500 um

Outcrops of the Pucará

Group at Malpaso (23k
Map – Ondores)

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Outcrops of the Pucará Group

at Sacrahuayín Anticline (23k
Map – Ondores, Quispesivana
and Cobbing 1996)

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Arnioceras cf. densicosta

CoF
(early Sinemurian)

AF
Outcrops of the Pucará
Group at San Antonio
(AF: Aramachay
Formation, CoF:
Condorsinga Formation.
24k Map ‐ Matucana)

Outcrops of the Pucará

Group at San Antonio

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AF
Arnioceras cf.
densicosta
CoF (early Sinemurian)

AF
CoF
Outcrops of the Pucará
Group at Gavilán (AF:
Aramachay Formation,
CoF: Condorsinga
Formation. 24k Map ‐
Matucana)

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Outcrops of the Pucará

AF Group at Toldo
(CF: Chambará
Formation,
AF: Aramachay
CF Formation)
My

199.22 My
GEOCHRONOLOGY
OF THE BASE OF
198.93 My
THE ARAMACHAY
FORMATION AT
CERRO TOLDO AND
GAVILAN COLUMNS

Rosas et al., 2015

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MOROCOCHA (PE)

NEVADA (US)
ROTGRAU‐SCHNÖLL QUARRY (AT)

Rosas et al., 2015

THE TRIASSIC/JURASSIC TRANSITION

TETHYS

Eruption
duration
PANTHALASSA

CHANGES:
• atmospheric CO2
• warm weather
• calcareous hiatus
• eustatic transgression
CENTRAL ATLANTIC • oceanic acidification?
MAGMATIC PROVINCE
Ritterbush et al., 2015

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THE TRIASSIC/JURASSIC TRANSITION

Reef
Carbonate

All

Triassic Jurassic
Time (Ma)

After Greene et al., 2012 and Kiessling et al., 2007
Ritterbush et al., 2015

SILICA DEMAND AND SUPPLY

Supply:

CAMP: CENTRAL ATLANTIC MAGMATIC PROVINCE

*Walker et al., 2002; Maldonado et al., 2005; Maldonado et al., 2011 After Whiteside et al., 2011
Ritterbush et al., 2015

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FACIES DISTRIBUTION DURING

THE EARLY LIASSIC

Shallower
facies
PALAEOGEOGRAPHIC
Mainly EXTENSION OF THE
deeper facies MAINLY CARBONATIC
DOMAIN OF THE
PUCARÁ BASIN

Rosas et al., 2015

Goyllarisquizga Gr. 
(Cretaceous)

Condorsinga Fm. (Late Liassic)

Aramachay Fm. (Early Liassic)

Chambará Fm.
(Upper Triassic)
Mitu Gr. (Triassic)
Rosas et al., 2015

Hydrothermal
fluids
(Tertiary)

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Muchas Gracias!

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