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Malvinas Basin

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Though poorly understood due to the lack of well data, several formations were identified in the basin on the basis of 2D seismic, of which some also crop out in onshore Patagonia and the Austral Basin:
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Latin American Journal of Sedimentology and Basin Analysis, Asociación Argentina de Sedimentología
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Principales cuencas sedimentarias de Argentina, interpretadas mediante Gravimetría Satelital
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Baristeas, N.; Anka, Z.; di Primio, R.; Rodríguez, J.F.; Marchal, D.; Dominguez, F. (2013),
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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Falkland Islands
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boundary. Contrary to the neighbouring North Falkland and
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The Malvinas Basin started to form with the break-up of
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The basin borders to the west with the 220:~180,000 km (69,000 sq mi) 744:Major South American geological features 496: 16:Sedimentary basin in the Argentine Shelf 556: 48: 20: 7: 590:Foschi & Cartwright, s.a., p.44 572:Foschi & Cartwright, s.a., p.42 1559:Iglesia-Calingasta-Uspallata Basin 14: 1835:Geography of the Falkland Islands 290: 1798: 1787: 1786: 1687: 148: 136: 47: 40: 1820:Sedimentary basins of Argentina 1564:Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin 1519:Sedimentary basins of Argentina 670:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2016.06.002 536:Geology of the Falkland Islands 1: 1830:Geology of the Atlantic Ocean 1763:Mapa de cuencas sedimentarias 650:Marine and Petroleum Geology 631:10.1016/j.tecto.2013.06.009 338:that separates it from the 1851: 1365:Pampean Pegmatite Province 683:Gallardo, Rocío E (2014), 465:Claystones and sandstones 446:Claystones and sandstones 427:Sandstones and claystones 1784: 1682: 1616:Santa María-Hualfín Basin 837:Arequipa-Antofalla Craton 805: 487:Volcanics and claystones 464: 455: 35: 28: 1323:Metallogenetic provinces 847:Central Brazilian Shield 336:Río Chico-Dungeness High 193:Río Chico-Dungeness High 1626:Valle de La Rioja Basin 958:Bucaramanga-Santa Marta 461:Pampa Rincón Formations 423:Magallaniano Formations 234:Southern Atlantic Ocean 1525:Onshore & offshore 886:Structures undergoing 867:Río de la Plata Craton 812: 581:Baristeas et al., 2013 442:Arroyo Alfa Formations 319: 212:Circum-Atlantic basins 1759:      1740:      1712:Colorado Marina Basin 1657:Golfo San Jorge Basin 1647:Cañadón Asfalto Basin 1621:Tucumán-Salinas Basin 811: 541:Golfo San Jorge Basin 911:Juan Fernández Ridge 872:São Francisco Craton 563:Gallardo, 2014, p.51 419:Arenas Glauconíticas 202:South American plate 1431:Paraná and Etendeka 662:2016MarPG..77..124F 623:2013Tectp.604..280B 546:Antarctic Peninsula 166:Santa Cruz Province 117:, Southern Atlantic 81: /  1652:El Tranquilo Basin 1385:Volcanic provinces 1345:El Indio Gold Belt 1143:Sedimentary basins 1008:Magallanes-Fagnano 857:Paranapanema Block 813: 483:Tobífera Formation 330:offshore southern 320:Cuenca de Malvinas 263:Break-up of Pangea 30:Cuenca de Malvinas 1807: 1806: 1680: 1679: 1486: 1485: 1482: 1481: 1335:Chilean Iron Belt 1330:Bolivian Tin Belt 1188:Eastern Venezuela 978:Dolores-Guayaquil 968:Cordillera Blanca 522: 521: 348:Magallanes Basins 324:sedimentary basin 308: 307: 85:51.500°S 63.500°W 1842: 1802: 1790: 1789: 1779: 1777: 1775: 1757: 1755: 1753: 1727:San Julián Basin 1691: 1529: 1513: 1506: 1499: 1490: 1426:Central Atlantic 1386: 1380: 1360:Lithium Triangle 1314: 1287: 1239: 1222: 1215: 1168: 1128: 1116: 1094: 1015: 877:Uruguayan Shield 832:Amazonian Craton 738: 731: 724: 715: 710: 709: 707: 693: 679: 678: 676: 640: 639: 637: 591: 588: 582: 579: 573: 570: 564: 561: 452:Early Cretaceous 378: 354:Tectonic history 340:Magallanes Basin 170:Falkland Islands 154: 152: 151: 142: 140: 139: 96: 95: 93: 92: 91: 90:-51.500; -63.500 86: 82: 79: 78: 77: 74: 51: 50: 44: 21: 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Jurassic 355: 352: 312:Malvinas Basin 306: 305: 303:non-commercial 300: 294: 293: 288: 282: 281: 275:Early Jurassic 272: 266: 265: 260: 254: 253: 248: 242: 241: 237: 236: 231: 227: 226: 222: 221: 218: 214: 213: 210: 206: 205: 190: 186: 185: 182: 178: 177: 173: 172: 163: 159: 158: 156:United Kingdom 133: 129: 128: 123: 119: 118: 112: 108: 107: 105:Islas Malvinas 102: 98: 97: 65: 59: 58: 46: 45: 39: 38: 37: 36: 33: 32: 26: 25: 24:Malvinas Basin 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 1847: 1836: 1833: 1831: 1828: 1826: 1823: 1821: 1818: 1817: 1815: 1801: 1797: 1793: 1783: 1769: 1765: 1764: 1747: 1746: 1738: 1734: 1728: 1725: 1723: 1720: 1718: 1715: 1713: 1710: 1708: 1705: 1704: 1702: 1698: 1690: 1673: 1670: 1668: 1665: 1663: 1662:Neuquén Basin 1660: 1658: 1655: 1653: 1650: 1648: 1645: 1643: 1642:Austral Basin 1640: 1639: 1637: 1633: 1627: 1624: 1622: 1619: 1617: 1614: 1612: 1609: 1607: 1604: 1602: 1599: 1595: 1592: 1591: 1590: 1587: 1585: 1582: 1580: 1577: 1575: 1572: 1570: 1567: 1565: 1562: 1560: 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Index

Map showing the location of Malvinas Basin
Coordinates
51°30′S 63°30′W / 51.500°S 63.500°W / -51.500; -63.500
Islas Malvinas
Argentine Shelf
Patagonia
Argentina
United Kingdom
Santa Cruz Province
Falkland Islands
Río Chico-Dungeness High
Scotia
South American plate
Southern Atlantic Ocean
Basin type
Rift basin
Orogeny
Break-up of Pangea
Age
Early Jurassic
Holocene
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy
Field(s)
Spanish
sedimentary basin
Argentine Shelf
Patagonia
Río Chico-Dungeness High
Magallanes Basin

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