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Caribbean Terrane

The Caribbean Terrane (Spanish: Terreno del Caribe, TC) is a geological province (terrane) of Colombia. The terrane, dating to the Late Cretaceous, is situated on the North Andes Plate and borders the La Guajira, Chibcha and underlying Tahamí Terrane along the regional Bucaramanga-Santa Marta Fault.[1] The terrane overlies the Tahamí, Arquía and Quebradagrande Terranes along the Romeral Fault System.[2][3]

Caribbean Terrane
Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous (emplaced)
~100–65 Ma
The Caribbean Terrane is enclosed by the Bucaramanga-Santa Marta Fault (orange), Romeral Fault System (violet) and plate boundaries with Coiba (red) and Malpelo Plates (purple)
TypeTerrane
Unit ofNorth Andes Plate
Sub-unitsSubunits
OverliesArquía, Tahamí & Quebradagrande Terranes
Lithology
PrimaryComplexes, basins
OtherVolcanoes
Location
LocationAntioquia, Atlántico, Caldas, Cauca, Chocó, Córdoba, Nariño, Quindío, Risaralda, Sucre, Valle del Cauca departments
Coordinates6°28′00″N 77°00′00″W / 6.46667°N 77.00000°W / 6.46667; -77.00000
RegionCaribbean, Pacific/Chocó
Country Colombia
ExtentCentral, Western, Darién, Baudó, Montes de María
Type section
Named forCaribbean
Caribbean Terrane is located in Colombia
Caribbean Terrane
Caribbean Terrane (Colombia)
Caribbean Terrane is located in Chocó Department
Caribbean Terrane
Caribbean Terrane (Chocó Department)

Reinterpretation

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A study performed by Mora Bohórquez et al. in 2017 showed no basement variation between the Chibcha Terrane San Lucas basement underlying the Lower Magdalena Valley (VIM) and the SNSM basement to the east of the Santa Marta Fault. The authors redefined the contacts between the different terranes, using the names Calima Terrane for the coastal portion of the Caribbean Terrane (San Jacinto and Sinú fold belts) and Tahamí-Panzenú Terrane for the Tahamí Terrane.[4]

Subdivision

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Domains

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The terrane was subdivided by Fuck et al. (2008) into:[5][6]

Oceanic crust

Complexes

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Batholiths

Volcanoes

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See also: List of volcanoes in Colombia

Ranges

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Basins

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See also: Category:Sedimentary basins of Colombia

Faults

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    North Andes Plate
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    Seismic activity map
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    Geologic map (Codazzi, 1890)
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    Paleogeography of the Late Cretaceous (Blakey)
 
Geological Terranes Map of Colombia.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Paris et al., 2000, p.10
  2. ^ a b Paris et al., 2000, pp.20–26
  3. ^ Gómez Tapias et al., 2015, p.209
  4. ^ Mora Bohórquez et al., 2017, p.20
  5. ^ Fuck et al., 2008, p.112
  6. ^ Guiral Vega et al., 2015, p.42
  7. ^ a b c d e Vallejo Hincapié et al., 2011, p.48
  8. ^ Vallejo Hincapié et al., 2011, p.56
  9. ^ Vallejo Hincapié et al., 2011, p.55
  10. ^ a b Paris et al., 2000, p.18
  11. ^ a b Paris et al., 2000, p.51
  12. ^ a b Paris et al., 2000, p.17
  13. ^ Paris et al., 2000, p.52
  14. ^ a b Paris et al., 2000, p.14
  15. ^ Paris et al., 2000, p.12
  16. ^ Paris et al., 2000, p.54
  17. ^ a b Paris et al., 2000, p.55
  18. ^ Paris et al., 2000, p.26
  19. ^ Paris et al., 2000, p.53
  20. ^ Paris et al., 2000, p.13
  21. ^ Paris et al., 2000, p.15

Bibliography

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Terranes

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  • Gómez Tapias, Jorge; Montes Ramírez, Nohora E.; Almanza Meléndez, María F.; Alcárcel Gutiérrez, Fernando A.; Madrid Montoya, César A.; Diederix, Hans (2015), Geological Map of Colombia, Servicio Geológico Colombiano, pp. 1–212, retrieved 2019-10-29
  • Restrepo, Jorge Julián; Ordóñez Carmona, Oswaldo; Martens, Uwe; Correa, Ana María (2009), "Terrenos, complejos y provincias en la Cordillera Central de Colombia (Terrains, complexes and provinces in the central cordillera of Colombia)", Ingeniería Investigación y Desarrollo, 9: 49–56, retrieved 2019-10-31
  • Cordani, U.G.; Cardona, A.; Jiménez, D.M.; Dunyl, L.; Nutman, A.P. (2003), Geochronology of Proterozoic basement from the Colombian Andes: Tectonic history of remnants from a fragmented Grenville Belt, 10o Congreso Geológico Chileno, pp. 1–10
  • Restrepo, Jorge Julian; Toussaint, Jean F. (1988), "Terranes and continental accretion in the Colombian Andes", Episodes, 11 (3): 189–193, doi:10.18814/epiiugs/1988/v11i3/006, retrieved 2019-10-31

Caribbean Terrane

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Reports

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Maps

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