Caribbean Terrane

The Caribbean Terrane (Spanish: Terreno del Caribe, TC) is one of the geological provinces (terranes) of Colombia. The terrane, dating to the Late Cretaceous, is situated on the North Andes Plate and borders the La Guajira, Chibcha and underlying Tahamí Terrane along the regional Bucaramanga-Santa Marta Fault.[1] The terrane overlies the Tahamí, Arquía and Quebradagrande Terranes along the Romeral Fault System.[2][3]

Caribbean Terrane
Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous (emplaced)
~100–65 Ma
The Caribbean Terrane is enclosed by the Bucaramanga-Santa Marta Fault (orange), Romeral Fault System (violet) and plate boundaries with Coiba (red) and Malpelo Plates (purple)
TypeTerrane
Unit ofNorth Andes Plate
Sub-unitsSubunits
OverliesArquía, Tahamí & Quebradagrande Terranes
Lithology
PrimaryComplexes, basins
OtherVolcanoes
Location
Coordinates6°28′00″N 77°00′00″W
RegionCaribbean, Pacific/Chocó
Country Colombia
ExtentCentral, Western, Darién, Baudó, Montes de María
Type section
Named forCaribbean
Caribbean Terrane (Colombia)
Caribbean Terrane (Chocó Department)

Reinterpretation

A study performed by Mora Bohórquez et al. in 2017 showed no basement variation between the Chibcha Terrane San Lucas basement underlying the Lower Magdalena Valley (VIM) and the SNSM basement to the east of the Santa Marta Fault. The authors redefined the contacts between the different terranes, using the names Calima Terrane for the coastal portion of the Caribbean Terrane (San Jacinto and Sinú foldbelts) and Tahamí-Panzenú Terrane for the Tahamí Terrane.[4]

Subdivision

Domains

The terrane was subdivided by Fuck et al. (2008) into:[5][6]

Oceanic crust
  • Calima Terrane (Calima, emplaced in Late Cretaceous)
  • Cuna Terrane (Cuna, emplaced in Miocene)
  • Gorgona Terrane (Gorgona, Miocene)

Complexes

  • Alto Condoto
  • Santa Cecilia-La Equis
  • Uré
  • Cajamarca
  • Puquí
  • Bolo Azul
  • Cañasgordas
  • Mistrató[7]
    • Mistrató Tonalite - Paleogene (46 ± 7 Ma)[8]
  • Buriticá[7]
  • Anserma - Late Cretaceous (71 ± 2.1 Ma)[7][9]
Batholiths
  • Acandí
  • Mandé - Miocene[7]
  • Sabanalarga - Cretaceous[7]
  • Santa Bárbara
  • Puqui
  • Río Tarazá
  • Carauta
  • Nudillales
  • Cerro Plateado
  • Farallones
  • Comitá
  • San José de Urama
  • La Clara-Río Calle

Volcanoes

See also: List of volcanoes in Colombia

Ranges

Basins

  • Cauca-Patía
  • Chocó
  • Sinú-San Jacinto
  • Tumaco
  • Urabá

Faults

  • North Andes Plate
  • Seismic activity map
  • Geologic map (Codazzi, 1890)
  • Paleogeography of the Late Cretaceous (Blakey)

See also

References
  1. Paris et al., 2000, p.10
  2. Paris et al., 2000, pp.20–26
  3. Gómez Tapias et al., 2015, p.209
  4. Mora Bohórquez et al., 2017, p.20
  5. Fuck et al., 2008, p.112
  6. Guiral Vega et al., 2015, p.42
  7. Vallejo Hincapié et al., 2011, p.48
  8. Vallejo Hincapié et al., 2011, p.56
  9. Vallejo Hincapié et al., 2011, p.55
  10. Paris et al., 2000, p.18
  11. Paris et al., 2000, p.51
  12. Paris et al., 2000, p.17
  13. Paris et al., 2000, p.52
  14. Paris et al., 2000, p.14
  15. Paris et al., 2000, p.12
  16. Paris et al., 2000, p.54
  17. Paris et al., 2000, p.55
  18. Paris et al., 2000, p.26
  19. Paris et al., 2000, p.53
  20. Paris et al., 2000, p.13
  21. Paris et al., 2000, p.15

Bibliography

Terranes

Caribbean Terrane

Reports

Maps
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