Early-subduction-related orogeny in the northern Andes: Turonian to Eocene magmatic and provenance record in the Santa Marta Massif and Rancheria Basin, northern Colombia

Terra Nova

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-34

  Cardona, A ^a,b   Valencia, V A ^c   Bayona, G ^d   Duque, J ^e   Ducea, M ^f   Gehrels, G ^f   Jaramillo, C ^a   Montes, C ^a,d   Ojeda, G ^b   Ruiz, J ^f  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b ECOPETROL S A   (Colombia)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Corporación Geológica Ares ^*  (Colombia)

^e CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

^f University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARIBBEAN PLATE; COLLISION ZONE; EOCENE; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM; OROGENY; PLATE CONVERGENCE; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TURONIAN;

ANDES; COLOMBIA;

EID: 78651438051     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2010.00979.x     Document Type: Article

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