Structural evolution of the San Jacinto fold belt, NW Colombia
dc.contributor.advisor | Spratt, Deborah A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Caro, Miryam | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2005-08-19T20:35:54Z | |
dc.date.available | 2005-08-19T20:35:54Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2003 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Caro, M. (2003). Structural evolution of the San Jacinto fold belt, NW Colombia (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17987 | en_US |
dc.identifier.isbn | 0612872025 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1880/42232 | |
dc.description | Bibliography: p. 67-72 | en |
dc.description.abstract | The tectonic evolution of the San Jacinto fold belt comprises an extensional and several compressional events that affected the continental margin of northwestern South America during the Cenozoic: extension with rift or graben infill from Late Cretaceous to Early Eocene, a Middle Eocene inversion, Late Eocene uplift, a relatively quiet period during the Oligocene, Middle Miocene deformation and a Pliocene - Pleistocene period of folding and faulting. This evolution is related to the development of the Caribbean plate and its interaction with the Cocos, Nazca and South American plates. Inversion and reactivation were mostly controlled by the orientation of the pre-existing normal fault planes. These deformational episodes are recorded by several unconformities (Lower Eocene, Middle Eocene, Upper Eocene, Lower Oligocene, Middle Miocene and Upper Pliocene). Structurally, the San Jacinto fold belt is composed of a series of northeasterly trending folds, reverse and normal faults. Restoration of two seismic lines corroborates the proposed model. | |
dc.format.extent | x, 72 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.rights | University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission. | |
dc.subject.lcc | AC1 .T484 2003 C37A | en |
dc.subject.lcc | Additional copy: AC1 .T484 2003 C37 (Gallagher) | en |
dc.title | Structural evolution of the San Jacinto fold belt, NW Colombia | |
dc.type | master thesis | |
dc.publisher.institution | University of Calgary | en |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/17987 | |
thesis.degree.name | Master of Science (MSc) | |
thesis.degree.discipline | Geology and Geophysics | |
thesis.degree.grantor | University of Calgary | |
dc.identifier.lcc | AC1 .T484 2003 C37A | en |
dc.publisher.place | Calgary | en |
ucalgary.thesis.notes | UARC | en |
ucalgary.thesis.additionalcopy | AC1 .T484 2003 C37 (Gallagher) | en |
ucalgary.thesis.uarcrelease | y | en |
ucalgary.item.requestcopy | true | |
ucalgary.thesis.accession | Theses Collection 58.002:Box 1427 520708920 |
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