Tres Cruces |
Maimará (I) |
Maastrichtian, in a stratigraphic position close to the K-Pg boundary. |
Paleoenvironment that varied from lower intertidal to shallow subtidal, close to the coastline, partially restricted and affected by hydrodynamic action. |
Cónsole-Gonella and Aceñolaza (2009)Cónsole-Gonella C.A., Aceñolaza F.G. 2009. Icnología de la Formación Yacoraite (Mastrichtiano-Daniano) al sur de la localidad de Maimará, Cordillera Oriental de Jujuy. Argentina. Acta Geológica Lilloana, 21(2):100-110.
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Cónsole-Gonella (2011)Cónsole-Gonella C.A. 2011. Bioestratigrafía y Paleoambientes del Subgrupo Balbuena, Cuenca Cretácico-Terciaria del Noroeste Argentino (Grupo Salta), en la Subcuenca de Tres Cruces, Provincia de Jujuy. PhD Thesis, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Tucumán, 263 p.
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Cónsole-Gonella et al. (2012)Cónsole-Gonella C.A., Griffin M., Cione A., Gouric Cavalli S., Aceñolaza F.G. 2012. Paleontología de la Formación Yacoraite (Maastrichtiano-Daniano) en el ámbito de la Subcuenca de Tres Cruces, Cordillera Oriental de la provincia de Jujuy, Argentina. In: Marquillas R., Salfity J., Sánchez M.C. (eds.). XIII Reunión Argentina de Sedimentología, Aportes Sedimentológicos a la Geología del Noroeste Argentino. Salta: Asociación Argentina de Sedimentología, p. 45-56.
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Villafañe (2016)Villafañe P.G. 2016. Facies estromatolíticas de la formación yacoraite (maastrictiano-daniano) maimará, provincia de jujuy. Significado geológico e implicancias paleoambientales. Degree Thesis, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Tucumán, 105 p.
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Cónsole-Gonella et al. (2017)Cónsole-Gonella C.A., Valais S., Marquillas R.A., Sánchez M.C. 2017. The Maastrichtian–Danian Maimará tracksite (Yacoraite Formation, Salta Group), Quebrada de Humahuaca, Argentina: environments and ichnofacies implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 468:327-350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.11.008 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.11...
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Villafañe et al. (2021)Villafañe P.G., Cónsole-Gonella C., Citton P., Díaz-Martínez I., de Valais S. 2021. Three-dimensional stromatolites from Yacoraite Formation (Maastrichtian-Danian, Argentina): Modeling and assessing hydrodynamic controls on growth patterns. Geological Magazine, 158(10):1756-1772. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756821000315 https://doi.org/10.1017/S001675682100031...
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Frías-Saba et al. (2021)Frías-Saba R.C., Villafañe P.G., Della-Vedova M., Cónsole-Gonella C., Citton P., Díaz-Martínez I., de Valais S. 2021. Short-term environmental changes in epeiric shallow marine stromatolite facies (YacoraiteFformation, Northwestern Argentina): influence of extrinsic factors in organo-sedimentary fabric. In: RAS-VIII CLS, 17., 2021, Paraná Actas y Resúmenes.
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Juella (II) |
Upper Maastrichtian. |
Shallow and brackish marine environment, near the coast or sporadically emerged areas. |
Cónsole-Gonella et al. (2009)Cónsole-Gonella C.A., Aceñolaza F.G. 2009. Icnología de la Formación Yacoraite (Mastrichtiano-Daniano) al sur de la localidad de Maimará, Cordillera Oriental de Jujuy. Argentina. Acta Geológica Lilloana, 21(2):100-110.
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Cónsole-Gonella et al. (2012)Cónsole-Gonella C.A., Griffin M., Cione A., Gouric Cavalli S., Aceñolaza F.G. 2012. Paleontología de la Formación Yacoraite (Maastrichtiano-Daniano) en el ámbito de la Subcuenca de Tres Cruces, Cordillera Oriental de la provincia de Jujuy, Argentina. In: Marquillas R., Salfity J., Sánchez M.C. (eds.). XIII Reunión Argentina de Sedimentología, Aportes Sedimentológicos a la Geología del Noroeste Argentino. Salta: Asociación Argentina de Sedimentología, p. 45-56.
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Alfarcito (III) |
Not specified. |
Stromatolitic facies correspond to an intertidal environment, formed in the photic zone, less than 10 m deep. |
Cónsole-Gonella (2011)Cónsole-Gonella C.A. 2011. Bioestratigrafía y Paleoambientes del Subgrupo Balbuena, Cuenca Cretácico-Terciaria del Noroeste Argentino (Grupo Salta), en la Subcuenca de Tres Cruces, Provincia de Jujuy. PhD Thesis, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Tucumán, 263 p.
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Not specified |
Not specified. |
Marine environment with higher clastic input, especially at the marginal areas. |
Marquillas et al. (2007)Marquillas R.A., Sabino I., Nóbrega Sial A., Del Papa C., Ferreira V., Matthews S. 2007. Carbon and oxygen isotopes of Maastrichtian-Danian shallow marine carbonates: Yacoraite Formation, northwestern Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 23(4):304-320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2007.02.009 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2007.02...
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Not specified |
Upper part of Balbuena Supersequence. |
Not specified |
Terra et al. (2015)Terra G.J.S., Babaglia G.P.R., Freire E.B., Lykawka R., Bunevich R.B., Hernandez R., Hernandez J. 2015. Balbuena Supersequence, Salta Basin, Argentina: a good analog for Phanerozoic lacustrine microbialite-bearing reservoirs. In: Carbonate plays around the World-analogues to support exploration and development. Abstracts. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, Geoscience Technology Workshop. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.4543.1442 https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.4543.144...
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Not specified |
Not specified. |
Shallow marine environment. |
Ruiz et al. (2018)Ruiz R., Ondrak R., Horsfield B., Rossello E. 2018. Depositional Environment Interpretation from Organofacies Characterization for Yacoraite Fm. outcrop samples, Cretaceous Salta Basin-Argentina. In: EGU General Assembly Conference. Abstracts, p. 8280.
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Metán |
Cabra Corral dam (IV) |
Balbuena Supersequence. |
Lacustrine environment, whose base level is influenced by relative changes in sea level. |
Gabaglia et al. (2011)Gabaglia R., Bento G.P., Freire E., Terra G., Rodrigues E., Lykawka R. 2011. Cyclostratigraphy and climatic control on microbiol influenced sedimentation (Balbuena Supersequence, Yacoraite Formation, Paleocene, Salta–Argentina. In: IAS Meeting of Sedimentology, 28, 2011, Zaragosa. Resumos. Krijgslaan: International Association of Sedimentologists, p. 51.
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Balbuena III sequence. |
Closed lacustrine environment. |
Roemers-Oliveira et al. (2015)Roemers-Oliveira E., Fernandes L.A., Freire E., Simões L.S.A. 2015. Filamentos microbianos em estromatólitos e laminitos da Sequência Balbuena III (Maastrichtiano/Daniano) da Formação Yacoraite na Sub-bacia Metán-Alemania, na região de Salta, Argentina, e seus significados paleoambientais. Brazilian Journal of Geology, 45(3):399-413. https://doi.org/10.1590/2317-488920150030255 https://doi.org/10.1590/2317-48892015003...
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Balbuena IV sequence. |
Lacustrine with fluctuating climatic conditions and increasing aridity. |
Bunevich et al. (2017)Bunevich R.B., Borghi L., Gabaglia G.P., Terra G.J., Freire E.B., Lykawka R., Fragoso D.G. 2017. Microbialitos da Sequência Balbuena IV (Daniano), Bacia de Salta, Argentina: caracterização de intrabioarquiteturas e de microciclos. Pesquisas em Geociências, 44(2):177-202. https://doi.org/10.22456/1807-9806.78270 https://doi.org/10.22456/1807-9806.78270...
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Upper Yacoraite Formation. |
Lacustrine, in shore line positions. |
Gomes et al. (2020)Gomes J.P.B., Bunevich R.B., Tonietto S.N., Alves D.B., Santos J.F., Whitaker F.F. 2020. Climatic signals in lacustrine deposits of the Upper Yacoraite Formation, Western Argentina: evidence from clay minerals, analcime, dolomite and fibrous calcite. Sedimentology, 67(5):2282-2309. https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12700 https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12700...
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Juramento Member. |
Shallow, stressed marine environment with high salinity, represented by intertidal and tidal flat deposits. |
Cónsole-Gonella and Marquillas (2014)Cónsole-Gonella C.A., Marquillas R.A. 2014. Bioclaustration trace fossils in epeiric shallow marine stromatolites: the Cretaceous-Paleogene Yacoraite Formation, Northwestern Argentina. Lethaia, 47(1):107-119. https://doi.org/10.1111/let.12043 https://doi.org/10.1111/let.12043...
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Not specified |
Not specified. |
Marine conditions with periods of subaerial exposure. |
Marquillas et al. (2007)Marquillas R.A., Sabino I., Nóbrega Sial A., Del Papa C., Ferreira V., Matthews S. 2007. Carbon and oxygen isotopes of Maastrichtian-Danian shallow marine carbonates: Yacoraite Formation, northwestern Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 23(4):304-320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2007.02.009 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2007.02...
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Not specified |
Not specified. |
Shallow marine environment. |
Ruiz et al. (2018)Ruiz R., Ondrak R., Horsfield B., Rossello E. 2018. Depositional Environment Interpretation from Organofacies Characterization for Yacoraite Fm. outcrop samples, Cretaceous Salta Basin-Argentina. In: EGU General Assembly Conference. Abstracts, p. 8280.
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Metán-Alemanía |
Not specified |
Upper part of Balbuena Supersequence. |
Lacustrine environment with high siliciclastic supply in humid periods. |
Terra et al. (2015)Terra G.J.S., Babaglia G.P.R., Freire E.B., Lykawka R., Bunevich R.B., Hernandez R., Hernandez J. 2015. Balbuena Supersequence, Salta Basin, Argentina: a good analog for Phanerozoic lacustrine microbialite-bearing reservoirs. In: Carbonate plays around the World-analogues to support exploration and development. Abstracts. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, Geoscience Technology Workshop. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.4543.1442 https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.4543.144...
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Not specified |
Balbuena Supersequence |
High-energy littoral to supralittoral environments. |
Deschamps et al. (2020)Deschamps R., Rohais S., Hamon Y., Gasparrini M. 2020. Dynamic of a lacustrine sedimentary system during late rifting at the Cretaceous-Palaeocene transition: Example of the Yacoraite Formation, Salta Basin, Argentina. The Depositional Record, 6(3):490-523. https://doi.org/10.1002/dep2.116 https://doi.org/10.1002/dep2.116...
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Not specified |
Upper Yacoraite Formation |
Shallow carbonated marine environment. |
Marquillas et al. (2005)Marquillas R.A., Del Papa C., Sabino I. 2005. Sedimentary aspects and paleoenvironmental evolution of a rift basin: Salta Group (Cretaceous-Paleogene), northwestern Argentina. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 94(1):94-113. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-004-0443-2 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-004-0443-...
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Alemanía |
Different localities |
Upper Yacoraite Formation |
Lacustrine, in shore line positions. |
Gomes et al. (2020)Gomes J.P.B., Bunevich R.B., Tonietto S.N., Alves D.B., Santos J.F., Whitaker F.F. 2020. Climatic signals in lacustrine deposits of the Upper Yacoraite Formation, Western Argentina: evidence from clay minerals, analcime, dolomite and fibrous calcite. Sedimentology, 67(5):2282-2309. https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12700 https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12700...
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Amblayo (V) |
Caliza Amblayo Member |
Shallow intertidal paleoenvironment with alkaline pH, temperatures between 20° C and 40°C, good light and high salinity. |
Quiroga (2021)Quiroga L. 2021. Facies estromatoliticas de la Formación Yacoraite (Maastrictiano-Daniano), Amblayo, Salta: estructura, patrones de crecimiento e implicancias paleoambientales. Degree Thesis, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Tucumán, 62 p.
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Not specified |
Not specified |
Shallow marine environment. |
Ruiz et al. (2018)Ruiz R., Ondrak R., Horsfield B., Rossello E. 2018. Depositional Environment Interpretation from Organofacies Characterization for Yacoraite Fm. outcrop samples, Cretaceous Salta Basin-Argentina. In: EGU General Assembly Conference. Abstracts, p. 8280.
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Sey |
Not specified |
Not specified |
Marine environment with higher clastic input, especially at the marginal areas. |
Marquillas et al. (2007)Marquillas R.A., Sabino I., Nóbrega Sial A., Del Papa C., Ferreira V., Matthews S. 2007. Carbon and oxygen isotopes of Maastrichtian-Danian shallow marine carbonates: Yacoraite Formation, northwestern Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 23(4):304-320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2007.02.009 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2007.02...
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Lomas de Olmedo |
Not specified |
Upper part of Balbuena Supersequence |
Lacustrine environment with marine influence. |
Terra et al. (2015)Terra G.J.S., Babaglia G.P.R., Freire E.B., Lykawka R., Bunevich R.B., Hernandez R., Hernandez J. 2015. Balbuena Supersequence, Salta Basin, Argentina: a good analog for Phanerozoic lacustrine microbialite-bearing reservoirs. In: Carbonate plays around the World-analogues to support exploration and development. Abstracts. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, Geoscience Technology Workshop. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.4543.1442 https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.4543.144...
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Not specified |
Not specified |
Lacustrine environment with low contribution of siliciclastic sediment and important carbonate participation. |
Gómez-Omil (1982)Gómez-Omil R. 1982. Estratigrafía del Subgrupo Balbuena - Grupo Salta, en la Subcuenca de Lomas de Olmedo, Provincia de Salta y Jujuy. PhD Thesis, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Tucumán.
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El Rey |
Not specified |
Balbuena Supersequence |
Not specified |
Deschamps et al. (2020)Deschamps R., Rohais S., Hamon Y., Gasparrini M. 2020. Dynamic of a lacustrine sedimentary system during late rifting at the Cretaceous-Palaeocene transition: Example of the Yacoraite Formation, Salta Basin, Argentina. The Depositional Record, 6(3):490-523. https://doi.org/10.1002/dep2.116 https://doi.org/10.1002/dep2.116...
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