We present a gravimetric study on the northeast edge of the North Patagonian massif in the province of Rio Negro, to ascertain the depth distribution of the different outcrop units in the study area, as well as the geometry of the Navarrete Plutonic Complex. The negative anomalies in the Bouguer residual map reproduce the lateral density contrast between what would be the bedrock of Cambrian age and the lithologic units of the Mesozoic age. The solutions of the analytical signal along with variations in the curve of the horizontal gradient of gravity, obtained along a profile across the outcrops of the Navarrete Plutonic Complex, show contacts between the intrusive body and the bedrock with different densities. Over this profile we obtained a 2D (dimensional) gravimetric forward model adjusted with the density data of the surface rocks. Above the outcrop of the Yaminué Complex there exists a gravimetric high which does not correspond to the density in this area. This is a new evidence that proves that it is a series of intrusions and thin subhorizontal tectonic slices and that its thickness is probably thin. On the other hand theNavarrete Pluton shows the greatest development in size and depth to the east of Treneta stream.
gravimetry; Navarrete Pluton; through; Yaminué Complex
