Clockwise rotation of the Santa Marta massif and simultaneous Paleogene to Neogene deformation of the Plato-San Jorge and Cesar-Ranchería basins

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 832-848

  Montes, Camilo ^a   Guzman, Georgina ^b   Bayona, German ^c   Cardona, Agustin ^a   Valencia, Victor ^d   Jaramillo, Carlos ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS Y COSTERAS INVEMAR   (Colombia)

^c Corporación Geológica Ares ^*  (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerrejon; Geochronology; Northern Colombia; Paleomagnetism; Perija; Plato; Rotation; San Jorge; Santa Marta; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITOID; NEOGENE; PALEOGENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC ROTATION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ARGENTINA; BUCARAMANGA; COLOMBIA; CORDILLERA CENTRAL [COLOMBIA]; MAGDALENA; SAN JORGE BASIN; SANTA MARTA; SANTANDER [COLOMBIA];

OXALIS TUBEROSA;

EID: 77958169826     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2009.07.010     Document Type: Article

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