Carboniferous Extensional Volcanism

Carboniferous volcanic records outcropping along the northwestern of Famatina Belt-southeastern Puna, NW Argentina, display continuous and well-exposed deposits of volcanic rocks, constituted by rhyolites and lesser volume of basalts and trachytes, relate

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Beatriz L. L. Coira Clara Eugenia Cisterna

Textures, Structures and Processes of Volcanic Successions Examples from Southern Central Andes (Northwestern Argentina, 22º–28ºS)

Springer Earth System Sciences Series Editors Philippe Blondel, School of Physics, Claverton Down, University of Bath, Bath, UK Jorge Rabassa, Laboratorio de Geomorfología y Cuaternario, CADIC-CONICET, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina Clive Horwood, White House, Praxis Publishing, Chichester, West Sussex, UK

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Beatriz L. L. Coira Clara Eugenia Cisterna •

Textures, Structures and Processes of Volcanic Successions Examples from Southern Central Andes (Northwestern Argentina, 22º–28ºS)

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Beatriz L. L. Coira Instituto de Ecorregiones Andinas (INECOA), CONICET-Universidad Nacional de Jujuy San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina

Clara Eugenia Cisterna Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto Miguel Lillo Universidad Nacional de Tucumán – CONICET Tucumán, Argentina

ISSN 2197-9596 ISSN 2197-960X (electronic) Springer Earth System Sciences ISBN 978-3-030-52009-0 ISBN 978-3-030-52010-6 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52010-6 © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

To Alejandro José Perez inseparable companion of Andes adventures alongside To Magdalena Koukharsky with whom we imagine this book

Preface

The Central Andes provides an excellent natural laboratory for studying the processes associated with the subduction of oceanic crust beneath a continental margin. The onset of Andean magmatic cycle is considered to have taken place in Late Triassic‒Early Jurassic Period (Dalziel 1986) althoug