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Between 31°45'-32°15' S, the western piedmont of the Ansilta block in the Precordillera of Argentina has been uplifted in Quaternary times through folds, blind faults and faulted blocks that form discrete and evident areas of neotectonic deformation (structural highs). In between, subtle tectonic perturbations of the fluvial landforms (drainage anomalies), such as diverted and entrenched streams, asymmetric basins, incision anomalies, convex-upward longitudinal stream profiles, dammed rivers and broom-shaped patterns allow the recognition of areas of incipient deformation. We combined the analyses of both the structural highs and the drainage anomalies areas to investigate the role of the latest as an expression of soft-linkage areas in fault systems. The structural highs would be interpreted as isolated features without the consideration of the drainage anomalies areas between them. Moreover, linking the structural highs using the drainage anomalies reveals the extent of major Quaternary deformation belts in their initial development stages. © 2014 Elsevier B.V.

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Título:Drainage anomalies as indicators of soft-linked deformation zones between neotectonic structural highs in the Precordillera, Central Andes of Argentina
Autor:Terrizzano, C.M.; Cortés, J.M.; Zech, R.; García Morabito, E.
Filiación:Instituto de Geociencias Básicas, Aplicadas y Ambientales de Buenos Aires (Universidad de Buenos Aires-CONICET), Laboratorio de Neotectónica, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Zurich (ETHZ), Geological Institute, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Instituto de Estudios Andinos Don Pablo Groeber (IDEAN, Universidad de Buenos Aires-CONICET), Laboratorio de Tectónica Andina, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina
Palabras clave:Central Andes of Argentina; Drainage anomalies; Fluvial geomorphology; Neotectonics; Precordillera; Quaternary deformation
Año:2014
Volumen:224
Página de inicio:1
Página de fin:15
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.07.004
Título revista:Geomorphology
Título revista abreviado:Geomorphology
ISSN:0169555X
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_0169555X_v224_n_p1_Terrizzano

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Terrizzano, C.M., Cortés, J.M., Zech, R. & García Morabito, E. (2014) . Drainage anomalies as indicators of soft-linked deformation zones between neotectonic structural highs in the Precordillera, Central Andes of Argentina. Geomorphology, 224, 1-15.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.07.004
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Terrizzano, C.M., Cortés, J.M., Zech, R., García Morabito, E. "Drainage anomalies as indicators of soft-linked deformation zones between neotectonic structural highs in the Precordillera, Central Andes of Argentina" . Geomorphology 224 (2014) : 1-15.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.07.004
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Terrizzano, C.M., Cortés, J.M., Zech, R., García Morabito, E. "Drainage anomalies as indicators of soft-linked deformation zones between neotectonic structural highs in the Precordillera, Central Andes of Argentina" . Geomorphology, vol. 224, 2014, pp. 1-15.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.07.004
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Terrizzano, C.M., Cortés, J.M., Zech, R., García Morabito, E. Drainage anomalies as indicators of soft-linked deformation zones between neotectonic structural highs in the Precordillera, Central Andes of Argentina. Geomorphology. 2014;224:1-15.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.07.004