Neuquen Basin
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Summary Information
- Operator: YPF
- Country: Argentina
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Description
- The Basin contains large potential reserves of Shale Gas
History
Geology
- The Neuquén Basin of Argentina and central Chile contains a near-continuous Late Triassic-Early Cenozoic succession deposited on the eastern side of the evolving Andean mountain chain. It is a polyphase basin characterized by three main stages of evolution: initial rift stage; subduction-related thermal sag; and foreland stage. The fill of the basin records the tectonic evolution of the central Andes with dramatic evidence for base-level changes that occurred both within the basin and along its margins.
- The record of these changes within the mixed siliclastic-carbonate succession makes the basin an excellent field laboratory for sequence stratigraphy and basin evolution. The 4000 m-thick fill of the basin also contains one of the most complete Jurassic-Early Cretaceous marine fossil records, with spectacular finds of both marine and continental vertebrates.
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