Magallanes–Austral Basin

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The Magallanes–Austral Basin is a large sedimentary basin in southern Patagonia, spanning parts of Chile and Argentina, known for its complex tectonic evolution and significant hydrocarbon resources.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Magallanes Basin 1
Magallanes–Austral Basin canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf foreland basin ⓘ
sedimentary basin ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Austral Basin ⓘ
Magallanes Basin ⓘ
basementType Patagonian crystalline basement ⓘ
borderedBy Andes Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Andes
contains Cretaceous sedimentary sequences ⓘ
Jurassic sedimentary sequences ⓘ
Tertiary sedimentary sequences ⓘ
containsPlayType stratigraphic traps ⓘ
structural traps ⓘ
containsResource crude oil ⓘ
hydrocarbons ⓘ
natural gas ⓘ
country Argentina ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
depositionalEnvironment deep marine ⓘ
deltaic ⓘ
fluvial ⓘ
shallow marine ⓘ
developedDuring subduction of oceanic plate beneath South American Plate ⓘ
economicImportance regional hydrocarbon production ⓘ
evolution complex tectonic evolution ⓘ
extendsTo Magallanes Region ⓘ
Santa Cruz Province ⓘ
Tierra del Fuego ⓘ
formedBy Andean orogeny ⓘ
geologicalAge Cenozoic ⓘ
Mesozoic ⓘ
hasSignificance understanding Andean foreland evolution ⓘ
isExploredFor oil and gas ⓘ
knownFor significant hydrocarbon resources ⓘ
locatedIn South America ⓘ
southern Patagonia ⓘ
linked to: Southern Patagonia
mainFill continental sediments ⓘ
marine sediments ⓘ
marginType convergent margin back-arc ⓘ
partOf Patagonian Andes foreland ⓘ
linked to: Andean foreland
researchField petroleum geology ⓘ
stratigraphy ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
structuralStyle fold-and-thrust belt related structures ⓘ
tectonicSetting Andean orogenic system ⓘ
linked to: Andean orogeny

retroarc foreland basin ⓘ
typeLocalityRegion Magallanes Province ⓘ
underlies Strait of Magellan region ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Andean back-arc basins → include → Magallanes–Austral Basin ⓘ
Magallanes–Austral Basin → alsoKnownAs → Magallanes Basin ⓘ
linked to: Magallanes–Austral Basin