A fold-and-thrust belt along the western flank of the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia - Style, kinematics, and timing constraints derived from seismic data and detailed surface mapping

AAPG Memoir

Volumn , Issue 82, 2005, Pages 598-613

  Restrepo Pace, Pedro A ^a   Colmenares, Fabio ^b   Higuera, Camilo ^b   Mayorga, Marcela ^b  

^a ConocoPhillips Indonesia Ltd ^*  (Indonesia)

^b Geosearch Ltda   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDEAN OROGENY; CAMPANIAN; COMPRESSION; DEFORMATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FOLD BELT; INVERSION TECTONICS; KINEMATICS; MIOCENE; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PLIOCENE; SEISMIC DATA; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; UNCONFORMITY; UPLIFT;

COLOMBIA; CORDILLERA ORIENTAL [COLOMBIA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34548548329     PISSN: 02718529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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