Geology and Tectonics of Northwestern South America
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-76131-2 (ISBN)
Tectonic reconstructions based upon characterization of more than thirty litho-tectonic and morpho-structural units, terrane assemblages and tectonic realms, and their bounding suture and fault systems, highlight the intimate and complementary Mesozoic-Cenozoic history of the Northern Andean Block and the Pacific and Caribbean Plates.
The complex nature of Northern Andean assembly contrasts with ''classical'' Central Andean ''Cordilleran-type'' orogenic models. Differences render the application of typical Cordilleran-type models inappropriate for the Colombian Andes.
The importance of underlying Proterozoic through mid-Mesozoic elements, in the development of Meso-Cenozoic Northern Andean orogeny-phase tectonic configurations is analyzed in the light of spatial-temporal studies and reconstructions related to basin formation, sedimentation, deformation, uplift mechanisms, structural style and magmatic evolution. The pre-Andean architecture of north western South America has played a pre-determinative role in the development of the Northern Andean orogenic system.
16 contributions analyze key stratigraphic, structural, metamorphic, magmatic and tectonic questions, and provide solutions as far as the most recent published field-based studies permit. The volume provides geological interpretations and tectonic models which contrast with repetitive theoretical proposals frequently found in the available literature.
· Dr. Fabio Cediel: Studied engineering and chemistry at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, the University of Maryland (USA), the Ecole Polytechnique (Paris, France) and the Technische Hochschule Karlsruhe, (Karlsruhe, Germany) from 1953 to 1957. He was awarded a DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) scholarship, and between 1960 and 1967 completed investigations at the Universität Stuttgart, Institut für Geologie (Germany) where he was obtained his Dipl.-Geol. and Doctor rerum natura (Dr. rer. nat.) for studies completed on Jurassic stratigraphy in the Murcia Province, Spain and the Eastern Cordillera, Colombia. Returning to Colombia, Cediel implemented regional studies of Paleozoic and Mesozoic stratigraphy, pioneering the application of paleo-geographic and tectonic analysis in the understanding of the geological evolution of the Colombian Andes.
lt;p>Chapter 1 - Regional Overview
1.1. Phanerozoic Orogens of NW South America: Cordilleran Type, Taphrogenic Mountain Building and the Cenozoic Orogenic Float
1.2. Paleocontinental Reconstructions of The Americas
Chapter 2 - The Guiana Shield and the Andean Belt
2.1. The Proterozoic Basement of the Western Guiana Shield and the Northern Andes
2.2. Basement of the Cretaceous Basin in North-Central Colombia: Lesson from the Santander Massif
Chapter 3 - Early and Late Paleozoic Tectono-Sedimentary History
3.1. Contrasting Lower to Upper Paleozoic Orogenic Styles and Depositional Sequences in NW South America
3.1.1. Early Paleozoic (Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian)
3.1.2. Late Paleozoic (Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian)
Chapter 4 - Major Tectono-Magmatic Events
4.1. Phanerozoic Granitoid Magmatism in Colombia and Tectono-Magmatic Evolution of the Colombian Andes
4.2. Cenozoic Magmatism of the Maracaibo Block and its Tectonic Significance
4.3. Cenozoic Northern Andean Volcanism: A Petrographical, Geochemical and Geocronological Review
Chapter 5 - The Northern Andean Orogen
5.1. Structural Map of Colombia, NW South America. Field Structural Cross-Sections
5.2. Cretaceous Basin Development. Facies and Paleogeography
5.3. Tectonic and Climate Controls on the Patterns of Topography in a Double-Sided Critical Wedge. Tectonic Inversion in the Eastern Cordillera
5.4. Morphotectonics and Orogenic Development of the Northern Andes of Colombia: Geodynamic and Paleogeographic Implications
5.5. The Romeral Shear Zone
Chapter 6 - Continental Uplift-Drift
6.1. Thermochronology and Tectonics of the Mérida Andes, Santander Massif - Perijá and Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, North-Western South America
6.2. Paleomagnetic Analysis of Mesozoic Rock Units and Its Bearing on Tectonic Reconstructions of NW South America
Chapter 7 - Active Oceanic-Continental Collision
7.1. The Geology of the Panama-Choco Arc
7.2. Continental - Oceanic Interaction in the South Caribbean, Colombian Margin
7.3. Two Distinct Cenozoic Orogenic Ranges: Serranía del Baudó (Pacific Realm) and Sierra Nevada De Santa Marta (Caribbean Realm). Geophysical Analysis Based on Potential Field Data
Chapter 8 - Caribbean Oceanic Archipielago
8.1. The Neogene Cayos Carbonate-Volcanic Setting on The Nicaragua Rise, Western Caribbean: Carbonate Development in Relation to Subsidence and The Central American Seaway
Chapter 9 - Holocene - Anthropocene
9.1. Sediment Transfers from The Andes of Colombia During the Anthropocene
9.2. The Historical, Geomorphological Evolution of The Colombian Littoral Zones (XVIII Century to Present)
| Erscheinungsdatum | 14.06.2018 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Frontiers in Earth Sciences |
| Zusatzinfo | XXV, 1001 p. 367 illus., 338 illus. in color. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 2181 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Mineralogie / Paläontologie | |
| Schlagworte | Cenozoic Northern Andean Volcanism • Geology of the Northwest South America • historical geology • natural resources and energy economics • Paleogeography of Colombia • Petrography and Geochemistry of Phanerozoic Magmat • Petrography and Geochemistry of Phanerozoic Magmatism • Phanerozoic Orogenic Events in NW South America • Proterozoic to Cenozoic Geochronology of NW South • Proterozoic to Cenozoic Geochronology of NW South America • Structural Pattern of the Northern Andes • Tectonic Assembly of Northwest South America • The South Caribbean Margin |
| ISBN-10 | 3-319-76131-5 / 3319761315 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-319-76131-2 / 9783319761312 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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