Relative contributions of tectonics and dynamic topography to the Mesozoic-Cenozoic subsidence of southern Patagonia

Sedimentary basins result from a complex interaction between mantle, crustal and surficial erosional-driven processes, which act at different time and spatial scales. While shortening and crustal loading drive flexural subsidence toward the foreland, stretching produces normal faulting and graben depocenters. In this contribution we analyze the Mesozoic-Cenozoic subsidence history of southern Patagonia, using backstripping from sixty eight oil...