Malvinas Basin
Sedimentary basin in the Argentine Shelf / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Malvinas Basin (Spanish: Cuenca de Malvinas) is a major sedimentary basin in the Argentine Shelf offshore southern Patagonia. The basin borders to the west with the Río Chico-Dungeness High that separates it from the Magallanes Basin.[1] The southern boundary is formed by the Scotia plate boundary.[2] Contrary to the neighbouring North Falkland and Magallanes Basins, the Malvinas Basin is not known to have commercial hydrocarbon reserves.[3]
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Malvinas Basin | |
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Cuenca de Malvinas | |
Coordinates | 51°30′S 63°30′W |
Etymology | Islas Malvinas |
Location | Argentine Shelf, Southern Atlantic |
Region | Patagonia |
Country | Argentina United Kingdom |
State(s) | Santa Cruz Province Falkland Islands |
Characteristics | |
On/Offshore | Offshore |
Boundaries | Río Chico-Dungeness High (W) Scotia-South American plate boundary (S) |
Part of | Circum-Atlantic basins |
Area | ~180,000 km2 (69,000 sq mi) |
Hydrology | |
Sea(s) | Southern Atlantic Ocean |
Geology | |
Basin type | Rift basin |
Orogeny | Break-up of Pangea |
Age | Early Jurassic-Holocene |
Stratigraphy | Stratigraphy |
Field(s) | non-commercial |
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