Cuyo Basin

Cuyo Basin
Cuenca Cuyana
Map showing the location of Cuyo Basin
Map showing the location of Cuyo Basin
Location of the basin in Argentina
Coordinates34°15′S 68°34′W / 34.250°S 68.567°W / -34.250; -68.567
EtymologyCuyo River
Country Argentina
State(s)Mendoza, San Juan
CitiesMendoza
Characteristics
On/OffshoreOnshore
BoundariesAndes
Part ofAndean foreland basins
Area~30,000 km2 (12,000 sq mi)
Hydrology
River(s)Cuyo River
Geology
Basin typeForeland basin
PlateSouth American
OrogenyAndean
AgeTriassic-Pliocene
StratigraphyStratigraphy
Field(s)Tupungato

Cuyo Basin (Spanish: Cuenca Cuyana) is a sedimentary basin in Mendoza Province, western Argentina. The Cuyo Basin has a NNW-SSE elongated shape and is limited to the west by the Sierra Pintada System and to the east by the Pampean pericraton. To the north the basin reaches the area around the city of Mendoza.[1]

  1. ^ "Cuenca Cuyana". Secretaría de Energía (in Spanish). Government of Argentina. Retrieved 30 November 2015.