Elqui-Limarí Batholith

The Elqui-Limarí Batholith is a group of plutons in the Andes of Chile and Argentina between the latitudes of 28 and 30° S. The plutons of the batholith were emplaced and cooled in the Late Paleozoic and the earliest Mesozoic.[1] Some of the plutons were emplaced in a context of crustal thickening related to the San Rafael orogeny.[2]

Together with the Chilean Coastal Batholith and the Colangüil Batholith the Elqui-Limarí Batholith is a remnant of the volcanic arcs that erupted the volcanic material of the Choiyoi Group.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Pankhurst, Robert J.; Millar, Ian L.; Hervé, Francisco (1996). "A Permo-Carboniferous U-Pb age for part of the Guanta Unit of the Elqui-Limarí Batholith ar Río del Tránsito, Northern Chile". Revista Geológica de Chile 23 (1). Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 Kleiman, Laura E.; Japas, María S. (2009). "The Choiyoi volcanic province at 34°S–36°S (San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina): Implications for the Late Palaeozoic evolution of the southwestern margin of Gondwana" (PDF). Tectonophysics 473: 283–299. Retrieved 5 January 2016.


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