Mixed shortening and extension in Neuquén Basin, western Argentina, 34–36°S.
Lithofacies and clast compositions record exhumation of competing source regions.
Neogene shortening and synorogenic sedimentation in Malargüe fold-thrust belt.
Geochronological results constrain depositional ages and sediment provenance.
U-Pb age distributions reveal a ca. 40–20 Ma hiatus in Cenozoic foreland basin.