Caribbean terrane
Geological province of Colombia
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The Caribbean terrane (Spanish: Terreno del Caribe, TC) is a geological province (terrane) 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) ~ | |
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) | |
| Type | Terrane |
| Unit of | North Andes plate |
| Sub-units | Subunits |
| Overlies | Arquía, Tahamí & Quebradagrande terranes |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Complexes, basins |
| Other | Volcanoes |
| Location | |
| Location | Antioquia, Atlántico, Caldas, Cauca, Chocó, Córdoba, Nariño, Quindío, Risaralda, Sucre, Valle del Cauca departments |
| Coordinates | 6°28′00″N 77°00′00″W |
| Region | Caribbean, Pacific/Chocó |
| Country | Colombia |
| Extent | Central, Western, Darién, Baudó, Montes de María |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Caribbean |
  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 fold belts) 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
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
Volcanoes
Ranges
Basins
- Cauca-Patía
- Chocó
- Sinú-San Jacinto
- Tumaco
- Urabá
Faults
Gallery
North Andes plate
Seismic activity map
Geologic map (Codazzi, 1890)
Paleogeography of the Late Cretaceous (Blakey)
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