Migration of cenozoic deformation in the eastern cordillera of colombia interpreted from fission track results and structural relationships: Implications for petroleum systems

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1543-1580

  Mora, Andrés ^a   Horton, Brian K ^b   Mesa, Andrés ^b   Rubiano, Jorge ^c   Ketcham, Richard A ^a   Parra, Mauricio ^d   Blanco, Vladimir ^e   Garcia, Diego ^c   Stockli, Daniel F ^a  

^a ECOPETROL S A   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c Hocol SA   (Colombia)

^d Instituto Co lombiano Del Petróleo   (Colombia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GASOLINE; INVERSE PROBLEMS; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS; TEMPERATURE; ZIRCON;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATIONS; EASTERN CORDILLERA; EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT; MIDDLE MAGDALENA VALLEY BASINS; STRUCTURAL GEOMETRY; STRUCTURAL RELATIONSHIP; VITRINITE REFLECTANCE; ZIRCON FISSION TRACKS;

FISSION REACTIONS;

APATITE; CENOZOIC; DEFORMATION; EXHUMATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; LOW TEMPERATURE; PETROLEUM; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; ZIRCON;

ANDES; COLOMBIA; CORDILLERA ORIENTAL [ANDES]; MAGDALENA VALLEY;

EID: 78149338348     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/01051009111     Document Type: Article

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