A Middle to Late Miocene Trans-Andean Portal: Geologic Record in the Tatacoa Desert

A Middle to Late Miocene Trans-Andean Portal: Geologic Record in the Tatacoa Desert

Integration of several geologic lines of evidence reveals the prevalence of a lowland trans-Andean portal communicating western Amazonia and the westernmost Andes from at least middle Miocene until Pliocene times. Volcanism and crustal shortening built up relief in the southernmost Central and Easte...

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Main Authors: C. Montes, C. A. Silva, G. A. Bayona, R. Villamil, E. Stiles, A. F. Rodriguez-Corcho, A. Beltran-Triviño, F. Lamus, M. D. Muñoz-Granados, L. C. Pérez-Angel, N. Hoyos, S. Gomez, J. J. Galeano, E. Romero, M. Baquero, A. L. Cardenas-Rozo, A. von Quadt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
Subjects:
Northern Andes
Andes
miocene
drainages
La Venta
portal
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2020.587022/full

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