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The Argentine Basin is a region of the Atlantic Ocean floor off the east coast of Argentina, between the Mid-Atlantic Ridge to the east and the Scotia Basin to the west. To the north is the Brazil Basin, with the two basins being separated by the Rio Grande Rise. The southern edge of the Argentine Basin is formed by the Falklands/Malvinas ...
The Colorado Basin (Spanish: Cuenca del Colorado) is a sedimentary basin located in northeastern Patagonia.The basin stretches across an area of approximately 180,000 square kilometres (69,000 sq mi), of which 37,000 square kilometres (14,000 sq mi) onshore in the southern Buenos Aires Province and the easternmost Río Negro Province extending offshore in the South Atlantic Ocean.
Salta Basin or Salta Rift Basin is a sedimentary basin located in the Argentine Northwest. [1] [2] The basin started to accumulate sediments in the Early Cretaceous and at present it has sedimentary deposits reaching thicknesses of 5,000 metres (16,000 ft). The basin contains seven sub-basins: Tres Cruces, Lomas de Olmedo, Metán, Alemanía ...
Due to its geography, more than 70% of the gulf's basin is between 70 metres (230 ft) and 100 metres (328 ft) deep. To the south it is about 50 metres (164 ft) 60 metres (197 ft) deep and in the north 90 metres (295 ft). The seabed was formed by bivalves and cirripedial remains, and it consists of mud, sand, gravel, and sand with carbonate.
It comprises the deepest sections of the basin on the western and south-western margins, reaching a depth of 6,212m (20,381 feet). 47°30′S 51°00′W / 47.5°S 51°W / -47. This article about a specific oceanic location or ocean current is a stub .
The Rio Blanco Basin and Paganzo Basin in western Argentina include sedimentary sequences that from bottom to top include marine sediments, an erosional surface with conglomerate, fluvial and shallow marine deposits, shale and diamictite, as well as shallow marine and glacial outwash deposits.
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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]