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Saline lake turbidites in the La Coipa area, Northern Chile

C. Mike Bell    

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ABSTRACT. An unusual and very distinctive occurrence of evaporitic gypsum in association with clastic turbidites was deposited in a still, anoxic lake environment in the La Coipa area of Northern Chile. The sequence of exceptionally fine-grained, red-coloured mudstones and graded sandstones is characterised by abundant small gypsum nodules and veins. The nodules probably resulted from the recrystallization of gypsum-anhydrite transported by turbidity currents and slumps from the shallow lake margins into deeper water. Following the formation of the superficial slumps the strata were subjected to compressive thrusting. This, in turn, was followed by vertical extension and a second episode of NNE-directed thrusting. The gypsum-filled veins, produced during the vertical extension, possibly originated as a result of the dissolution of underlying evaporites. The strata, apparently, form the oldest part of the Lower Triassic La Coipa Beds, which are themselves part of a widespread succession of Triassic marine and continental rift-related sediments in Northern Chile. RESUMEN. Turbiditas de lago salino en el area de La Coipa, norte de Chile. Una inusual y muy distintiva ocurrencia de yeso evaporitico asociado a turbiditas elasticas se deposito en un tranquilo ambiente lacustre anoxico en el area de La Coipa en el norte de Chile. La secuencia de fangolitas rojas, de grano excepcionalmente fino y de areniscas gradadas se caracteriza por abundantes y pequenos nodulos y venas de yeso. Los nodulos, probablemente, fueron el resultado de la recristalizacion de anhidrita-yeso transportados por corrientes de turbidez y derrumbes desde los margenes lacustres someros a aguas mas profundas. Despues de los derrumbes superficiales, los estratos fueron sometidos a un corrimiento compresivo. Esto, a su vez, fue seguido por una extension vertical y un segundo episodio de corrimiento con direccion nor-noreste. Las venas de yeso, consecuencia de la extension vertical, posiblemente se originaron como resultado de la disolucion de evaporitas subyacentes. Aparentemente, los estratos constituyen la parte mas antigua de los Estratos de la Coipa del Triasico Inferior, los cuales forman parte de una sucesion de sedimentos marinos y continentales de 'rift' del Triasico, ampliamente distribuidos en el norte de Chile.

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