Petroleum Basins of South America edited by A. J. Tankard R. Suarez Soruco HJ.Welsink AAPG Memoir 62 Published jointly by The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Bolivia Printed in the U.S.A. Contents Preface XJ Regional Setting Structural and Tectonic Controls of Basin Evolution in Southwestern Gondwana During the Phanerozoic 5 A. J. Tankard, M. A. Uliana, H.}. Welsink, V. A. Ramos, M. Turk, A. B. Frangz, E.}. Milani, B. B. de Brito Neves, N. Eyles, J. Skarmeta, H. Santa Ana, F. Wiens, M. Cirbidn, O. Lopez P., G.}. B. Germs, M.}. De Wit, T. Machacha, and R. McG. Miller Oil and Gas Discoveries and Basin Resource Predictions in Latin America 53 G. E. Kronman, S. W. Rushzvorth, K. Jagiello, and A. Aleman Petroleum Basins of Southern South America: An Overview 63 C. M. Urien,}. J. Zambrano, and M. R. Yrigoyen Tectonic Subsidence Analysis and Paleozoic Paleogeography of Gondwana 79 K. E. Williams Mesozoic-Cenozoic Andean Paleogeography and Regional Controls on Hydrocarbon Systems 101 /. L. Pindell and K. D. Tabbutt Phanerozoic Correlation in Southern South America 129 A. B. Franqa, E. J. Milani, R. L. Schneider, O. Lopez P., J. Lopez M., R. Sudrez S., H. Santa Ana, F. Wiens, O. Ferreiro, E. A. Rossello, H. A. Bianucci, R. F. A. Flares, M. C. Vistalli, F. Fernandez-Seveso, R. P. Fuenzalida, and N. Munoz Paleozoic Basins Hydrocarbon-Bearing Late Paleozoic Glaciated Basins of Southern and Central South America 165 N. Eyles, G. Gonzalez Bonorino, A. B. Franca, C. H. Eyles, and O. Lopez Paulsen Phanerozoic Tectonics and Sedimentation in the Chaco Basin of Paraguay, with Comments on Hydrocarbon Potential 185 F. Wiens Phanerozoic Evolution of Bolivia and Adjacent Regions 207 T. Sempere Evidence for a Middle-Late Paleozoic Foreland Basin and Significant Paleolatitudinal Shift, Central Andes .231 P. E. Isaacson and E. Diaz Martinez Silurian-Jurassic Stratigraphy and Basin Evolution of Northwestern Argentina 251 D. Starck Tectonic Evolution of the Andes of Northern Argentina 269 R. Mon and J. A. Salfity Tectonics and Stratigraphy of the Late Paleozoic Paganzo Basin of Western Argentina and its Regional Implications 285 F. Fernandez-Seveso and A. ]. Tankard vii viii Contents Mesozoic Rifts Structural Inversion of a Cretaceous Rift Basin, Southern Altiplano, Bolivia 305 H. J. Welsink, E. Martinez, O. Aranibar, and }. ]arandilla Geometry and Seismic Expression of the Cretaceous Salta Rift System, Northwestern Argentina 325 A. H. Cominguez and V. A. Ramos Cretaceous Rifting, Alluvial Fan Sedimentation, and Neogene Inversion, Southern Sierras Pampeanas, Argentina 341 C. /. Schmidt, R. A. Astini, C. H. Costa, C. E. Gardini, and P. E. Kraemer Structural Inversion and Oil Occurrence in the Cuyo Basin of Argentina 359 D. Dellapeand A. Hegedus Inversion of the Mesozoic Neuquen Rift in the Malargiie Fold and Thrust Belt, Mendoza, Argentina 369 R. Manceda and D. Figueroa Tectonic Evolution and Paleogeography of the Neuquen Basin, Argentina 383 G. D. Vergani, A.}. Tankard, H.}. Belotti, and H.}. Welsink Hydrocarbon Accumulation in an Inverted Segment of the Andean Foreland: San Bernardo Belt, Central Patagonia 403 G. O. Peroni, A. G. Hegedus,}. Cerdan, L. Legarreta, M. A. Uliana, and G. Laffitte Andean Basins Petroleum Geology of the Sub-Andean Basins of Peru 423 /. M. P. Mathalone and M. Montoya R. Petroleum System of the Northern and Central Bolivian Sub-Andean Zone 445 P. Baby, I. Moretti, B. Guillier, R. Limachi, E. Mendez, ]. Oiler, and M. Specht Structural Geology of Sub-Andean Fold and Thrust Belt in Northwestern Bolivia 459 D. Roeder and R. L. Chamberlain Andean and Pre-Andean Deformation, Boomerang Hills Area, Bolivia 481 H. J. Welsink, A. Franco M., and C. Oviedo G. Devonian-Carboniferous Stratigraphy in the Madre de Dios Basin, Bolivia: PandoX-1 and Manuripi X-l Wells 501 P. E. Isaacson, B. A. Palmer, B. L. Mamet, J. C. Cooke, and D. £. Sanders Is the Bend in the Bolivian Andes an Orocline? 511 B.M.Sheffels Structural Styles and Hydrocarbon Potential of the Sub-Andean Thrust Belt of Southern Bolivia 523 /. F. Dunn, K. G. Hartshorn, and P. W. Hartshorn Structural Styles and Petroleum Occurrence in the Sub-Andean Fold and Thrust Belt of Northern Argentina 545 H. J. Belotti, L. L. Saccavino, and G. A. Schachner Contents ix Northern South America Northern Part of Oriente Basin, Ecuador: Reflection Seismic Expression of Structures 559 H. R. Balkwill, G. Rodrigue, F. I. Paredes, and J. P. Almeida Reservoir Characterization of the Hollin and Napo Formations, Western Oriente Basin, Ecuador 573 H. J. White, R. A. Skopec, F. A. Ramirez, J. A. Rodas, and G. Bonilla Intermontane Late Paleozoic-Neogene Basins of the Andes of Ecuador and Peru: Sedimentologic and Tectonic Characteristics 597 R. Marocco, A. Lavenu, and R. Baudino Basin Development in an Accretionary, Oceanic-Floored Fore-Arc Setting: Southern Coastal Ecuador During Late Cretaceous-Late Eocene Time 615 E. Jaillard, M. Ordonez, S. Benitez, G. Berrones, N. Jimenez, G. Montenegro, and I. Zambrano Eastern Cordillera of Colombia: Jurassic-Neogene Crustal Evolution 633 D. Roeder and R. L. Chamberlain Geodynamic Evolution of the Eastern Andes, Colombia: An Alternative Hypothesis 647 P. B. Jones Basin Development and Tectonic History of the Llanos Basin, Colombia 659 M. A. Cooper, F. T. Addison, R. Alvarez, A. B. Hayward, S. Howe, A. J. Pulham, and A. Taborda Crustal Architecture and Strain Partitioning in the Eastern Venezuelan Ranges 667 H. Passalacqua, F. Fernandez, Y. Gou, and F. Roure • Stratigraphic Synthesis of Western Venezuela 681 F. Parnaud, Y. Gou, J.-C. Pascual, M. A. Capello, I. Truskowski, and H. Passalacqua Jurassic-Eocene Tectonic Evolution of Maracaibo Basin, Venezuela 699 /. Lugo and P. Mann Two-Dimensional Computer Modeling of Oil Generation and Migration in a Transect of the Eastern Venezuela Basin 727 O. Gallango and F. Parnaud Petroleum Geology of the Central Part of the Eastern Venezuelan Basin 741 F. Parnaud, Y. Gou, J.-C. Pascual, I. Truskowski, O. Gallango, H. Passalacqua, and F. Roure Cenozoic Sedimentation and Tectonics of the Southwestern Caribbean Pull-Apart Basin, Venezuela and Colombia 757 C. E. Macellari Index 781.