Article:

Basin Development and Tectonic History of the LLanos Basin, Eastern Cordillera ,
and Middle Magdalena Valley Colombia.
M.A. Cooper, F.T.Addison , R .Alvarez , M. Coral , R.H Graham , A.B Hayward .

I. Lecture Part 1. Introduction

A. The physiography of Colombia
1. Dominated by A.M and A/O basin
2. A.M separated into three
B. Age and geological advance
1. Age determinations ammonites Cr
2. Colombia geological knowledge have been closely linked to mineral
exploration and exploitation
C. Stratigraphy
1. Produced reconstruction Cr and Te
2. Considerable variability, four stages marine transgressions
D. Papers tectonics
1. Sequence stratigraphy
2. Paper regional context, petroleum geology
II. Lecture Part 2. Regional Tectonic Framework and Basin Develop
1. Basin margin western South America
2. Models prior late Cr unconlution ocean floor magnetic anomaly
B. Basement of Colombia, divisible into three
1. East. Pr Guyana shield
2. Central. Pr – early, Pa metamorphic, cordilleras central and eastern
3. West. Accretion, subduction related, volcanic sediments
C. During Tr , Ju and E.Cr
1. Rifting, separation north and south (Back-arc )
2. Synrift continental
 3 .E.Cr extension and subsidence South America
4 .intensified Ju , Be
5. Va , Ba hiatus igneous (Accretion )
6. P.Ce the subsidence decreased in the back-arc
7. Ma .Central Cordillera remained submerged
8. Ma . Cimarrona formation S.M.M.V
D. Four major occurrences Tertiary of central Colombia
1. Le.Cr- E.Pa deformation resulted from the final accretion.
2. Ju –E. Cr Synrift megasequence
3. E.Cr-Ca . Back- arc subsidence
4. Ma- Pa . Accretion of western cordillera and early foreland basin
5. Mi. Eo- E.Mi pre-AN foreland basin
6. Mi.Mi- Re AN foreland basin
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