Talk:Tectonic evolution of Patagonia

Autochthonous theory?
First of all congratulations to the originator and main contributor of this article. I have a comment to make in regarding the docking "theories". Isn't what is called here "autochthonous theory" really not a para-autochthonous theory? So far as I am concerned a 2014 paper writen by Robert John Pankhurst and coworkers sort of dismiss Víctor Alberto Ramos' allochthonous theory (not sure if this theory is still alive) arguing for a para-autochthonous theory. Mamayuco (talk) 17:29, 25 April 2017 (UTC)

Hi Mamayuco, Thanks! To be honest, I had some difficulty in deciding how to distinguish between the two theories, as different papers referred to them in different ways. While Pankhurst's theory has been called a para-autochthonous one, so has Ramos' "allochthonous" theory, and the two have been referred to as autochthonous and allochthonous as was used in this article. I chose to name them as I did (autochthonous & allochthonous) to try to avoid confusion between the two, although they both seem to be variations of a "para-autochthonous" scenario. Also, while Pankhurst et al. (2014) did somewhat dismiss the theory, theirs was the only paper to do so outright and Ramos' theory was very prominent in many of the papers referenced for the page so I thought it good to discuss. Feel free to make any changes if things don't make sense, and thanks for your addition to the article! Coalnoise (talk) 19:35, 10 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Coalnoise, I fully agree with you that there seem to be no clear "allochtonous" theory. Given the few works on this topic I is difficult to balance the views. If one source says A, and the other B, but one judges that B has a better argument how should we weight this?
 * I am in favour of reorganizing the docking section presenting 1) points all seem agree on 2) presenting the autochtonous theory  as the main one 3) mentioning other alternatives as well but clearly stating the autochtonous theory advantages. Mamayuco (talk) 17:49, 28 May 2017 (UTC)

Missing articles to be linked

 * Cañadon Asfalto Basin
 * Cerro Toro Formation
 * Deseado Massif
 * Huincul Fault
 * Lithospheric mantle
 * Para-autochthonous
 * Rocas Verdes Basin
 * Sarmiento Ophiolite
 * Tortuga Ophiolite