Depositional and provenance record of the Paleogene transition from foreland to hinterland basin evolution during Andean orogenesis, northern Middle Magdalena Valley Basin, Colombia

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 246-263

  Moreno, Christopher J ^a,d   Horton, Brian K ^a   Caballero, Victor ^b,c   Mora, Andrés ^c   Parra, Mauricio ^a   Sierra, Jair ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

^c ECOPETROL S A   (Colombia)

^d Mack Energy Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Andes; Colombia; Eastern Cordillera; Fold thrust belts; Foreland basins; Llanos basin; Magdalena valley; Provenance; Sedimentary petrology; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EOCENE; EXHUMATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FOLD BELT; FORELAND BASIN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; OROGENY; PALEOCURRENT; PALEOGENE; PETROLOGY; PROVENANCE; STRATIGRAPHY; THRUST;

COLOMBIA; MAGDALENA VALLEY;

EID: 84860390601     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2011.03.018     Document Type: Article

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