Title
Mass balance of cenozoic andes-amazon source to sink system—marañón basin, Peru
Date Issued
01 May 2018
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
MDPI AG
Abstract
We investigate the mass balance of the Cenozoic Andes-Amazon source to sink system using rock uplift proxies and solid sedimentation of the Marañón Basin in Peru. The evolution of sedimentation rates is calibrated with regional structural restored cross-section. The quantification of eroded sediments from reliefs to sedimentary basin is achieved with ×10 Myr resolution and compared to present day proxies from the HYBAM (HYdrologie et Biogéochimie du Bassin Amazonien) Critical Zone Observatory. Erosion of the early Andean landforms started during the Upper Mesozoic period, but sediment rates significantly increase during the Neogene. This is in agreement with the calibrated increase of rock uplift in the Andean orogenic belt.
Volume
8
Issue
5
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Geociencias, Multidisciplinar
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85047720626
Source
Geosciences (Switzerland)
ISSN of the container
20763263
Sponsor(s)
Acknowledgments: Access to the subsurface data has been granted under the IRD—PERUPETRO collaboration framework. Midland Valley is acknowledged for providing Move software for kinematic structural modeling. The author’s financial support has been granted by the Institut Carnot ISIFOR.
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