Abstract
Abstract Combined research on the structural and stratigraphic evolution of the southeastern Austral Basin identifies three major depositional systems strongly influenced by the tectonic stages of the Fuegian Andes between the Late Cretaceous and the Miocene. During orogenic growth, a submarine ramp system characterized by oblique progradational clinoforms with transverse sediment dispersal, formed adjacent to the deformation front in the wedge-top or proximal foredeep. In moments when the tectonic load and flexural subsidence were reduced, this system was replaced by a progradational-aggradational system with oblique to sigmoidal clinoforms. This occurred during a short span in the middle Eocene, but especially and definitively after contractional deformation ceased in the early Miocene. The third depositional system was long lived, and comprised axial turbidite channel systems located at the clinoform bases, which re-routed sediment toward the deeper foredeep of the western Malvinas Basin. Distinct facies types develop in each depositional system, and their recognition allows evaluating sediment fairways in the foreland basin system.
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