Abstract
The Cenozoic rocks lying in the Province of Tacna (18° S), southern Perú, represent approximately 600 m of stratigraphic thickness. This stacking groups the Sotillo (Paleocene), Moquegua Inferior (Eocene), Moquegua Superior (Oligocene), Huaylillas (Miocene) and Millo formations (Pliocene), and these are the sedimentary fill of the Moquegua Basin. The sediments of the three latter formations are organized into nine sedimentary facies and five architectural elements. Their facies associations suggest the existence of an ancient highly channelized multi-lateral fluvial braided system, with upward increase of pyroclastic and conglomeratic depositions. The heavy mineral spectra make each lithostratigraphic unit unique and distinguishable, being the sediments of the Moquegua Superior Formation rich in garnets, titanites and zircons; while the sediments of the Huaylillas and Millo formations in clinopyroxenes. This mineral arrangement becomes an excellent tool for stratigraphic correlations between outcrops and subsurface stratigraphy (by means of well cores studies) and allow to sketch out a new stratigraphic framework and a complex of rocky blocks bounded by normal faults, often tilted. The sediment mineralogy also suggests that the rocks conforming the Western Cordillera were the main source of sediments for the Moquegua Basin in Tacna. In this context, the detritus of the Moquegua Superior Formation derives mainly from the erosion of the rocks forming the Coastal Basal Complex (Proterozoic), the Ambo Group (Carboniferous) and the Junerata/Chocolate Formation (Early Jurassic). The Huaylillas Formation is a pyroclastic and sedimentary unit which components derived mainly from the Huaylillas volcanism (Miocene) and partly from the denudation of the Toquepala Group (Late Cretaceous). The Huaylillas Formation widely contrasts to the underlying Moquegua Superior Formation due its mineralogy and facies. Finally, the detritus of the Millo Formation derived mostly from the rocks forming the Barroso Formation (Pliocene), and their facies represent a higher contrast in relation to the underlying units due its notorious conglomerate facies.
Highlights
Este trabajo se centra en el relleno sedimentario de la cuenca Moquegua en el área de la provincia de
The Cenozoic rocks lying in the Province of Tacna (18° S), southern Perú, represent approximately 600 m of stratigraphic thickness
This stacking groups the Sotillo (Paleocene), Moquegua Inferior (Eocene), Moquegua Superior (Oligocene), Huaylillas (Miocene) and Millo formations (Pliocene), and these are the sedimentary fill of the Moquegua Basin
Summary
De acuerdo con Jordan et al (1983) y Oncken et al (2006), el oroclino de los Andes Centrales (15-26° S) (Fig. 1A) en el suroeste de Perú está representado por las cordilleras Occidental y la de la Costa (Bellido, 1969), las cuales están compuestas por rocas proterozoicas, paleozoicas y mesozoicas (Palacios y Castillo, 1983; Palacios et al, 1993) (ver Sección 3.1 para más información). Este estudio considera que tales mecanismos constituyen un control de primer orden en el relleno sedimentario de las cuencas de antearco del Sur de Perú y norte de Chile durante el intervalo Eoceno-Plioceno y su deformación (Fig. 1B), similar a lo propuesto por numerosos autores para las cuencas sedimentarias Moquegua y Azapa (e.g., Petersen, 1958; Salas et al, 1966; Marocco et al, 1985; Wörner et al, 2002; Decou et al, 2011; Wotzlaw et al, 2011; entre otros). Se toma especial consideración en las rocas de las formaciones Moquegua Superior (Oligoceno), Huaylillas (Mioceno) y Millo (Plioceno) (Fig. 2), debido a que son las unidades más abundantes y representativas de la cuenca sedimentaria Moquegua en la provincia de Tacna
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