Fault that extends from the Neuquén Basin eastwards into the Argentine Shelf
Not to be confused with Huincul Formation.
The Huincul Fault or Huincul Fault Zone (Spanish: Falla de Huincul, Zona de falla Huincul) is an east-to-west-oriented, continental-scale fault that extends from the Neuquén Basin eastwards into the Argentine Shelf.[1] To the west, it has been proposed to extend across the Andes to the Chilean Coast Range.[2]
In the Neuquén Basin, the fault exhibits a slightly curved path, being convex to the north.[3] It is a major geological discontinuity and it truncates the north-to-south-oriented Pampean orogen, among other structures. Because of this, it has been proposed to represent the northern geological limit of Patagonia.[1]
^ abRamos, V.A.; Riccardi, A.C.; Rolleri, E.O. (2004). "Límites naturales del norte de la Patagonia". Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina (in Spanish). 59 (4).
^Mosqueira, Alfonso; Silvestro, José; Ramos, Víctor A.; Alarcón, Martín; Zubiri, Martín (2011). "La estructura de la dorsal de Huincul". Relatorio del XVIII Congreso Geológico Argentino, Neuquén, 2011 (in Spanish). pp. 385–397.
^Kostadinoff, José; Gregori, Daniel A.; Raniolo, Daniel A. (2005). "Configuración geofísica-geológica del sector norte de la provincia de Río Negro" (PDF). Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina (in Spanish). 60 (2): 368–376. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
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