La Guajira Terrane

La Guajira Terrane (Spanish: Terreno de La Guajira, TLG) 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 Caribbean, Tahamí and Chibcha Terranes along the Bucaramanga-Santa Marta Fault.[1] The southern boundary is formed by the Oca Fault with the Chibcha Terrane.[2][3]

La Guajira Terrane Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous (emplaced) ~100–65 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
La Guajira Terrane is enclosed by the Bucaramanga-Santa Marta Fault (orange) and northernmost Oca Fault (white)
Type	Terrane
Unit of	North Andes Plate
Sub-units	Subunits
Overlies	Tahamí & Chibcha Terranes
Lithology
Primary	Complexes, basins
Other	Volcanoes
Location
Coordinates	11°28′00″N 72°44′43″W
Region	Caribbean
Country	Colombia
Extent	Macuira, SNSM
Type section
Named for	La Guajira
La Guajira Terrane (Colombia) Show map of Colombia La Guajira Terrane (La Guajira Department) Show map of La Guajira Department

Subdivision

Complexes

Alto Guajira

• Macuira
• Etpana

Macuira Tahamí Terrane

• Jonjoncito[4]
• Ipapure[4]
• Ipapure-Cerro La Teta[4]

Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

• Taganga (Taganga)[5]
• Rodadero[5]
• Gaira (Gaira)[5]
• Ciénaga
• Santa Marta Batholith[5]

• Bolívar Batholith
• Socorro Stock
• Latal Pluton
• Los Clavos
• Río Sevilla
• San Lorenzo
• San Pedro de la Sierra
• Buritacá
• Río Oríhueca

• Los Mangos - basement[6]

Ranges

• Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
• Macuira

Basins

• La Guajira

Faults

bounding faults in bold

• Bucaramanga-Santa Marta (BSF)[1]
• Oca[2]
• Cuisa

Gallery

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

See also

• List of earthquakes in Colombia
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Colombia
• List of mining areas in Colombia
• Geology of the Eastern Hills of Bogotá
• Basin history of the Cesar-Ranchería Basin
• Basin history of the Cocinetas Basin
• Middle Magdalena Valley (VMM)

References

1. Paris et al., 2000, p.10
2. Paris et al., 2000, p.9
3. Gómez Tapias et al., 2015, p.209
4. Plancha 10bis
5. Plancha 11
6. Pastor Chacón et al., 2013, p.7

Bibliography

Terranes

• Gómez Tapias, Jorge; Nohora E. Montes Ramírez; María F. Almanza Meléndez; Fernando A. Alcárcel Gutiérrez; César A. Madrid Montoya, and Hans Diederix. 2015. Geological Map of Colombia, 1–212. Servicio Geológico Colombiano. Accessed 2019-10-29.
• Restrepo, Jorge Julián; Oswaldo Ordóñez Carmona; Uwe Martens, and Ana María Correa. 2009. Terrenos, complejos y provincias en la Cordillera Central de Colombia (Terrains, complexes and provinces in the central cordillera of Colombia). Ingeniería Investigación y Desarrollo 9. 49-56. Accessed 2019-10-31.
• Cordani, U.G.; A. Cardona; D.M. Jiménez; L. Dunyl, and A.P. Nutman. 2003. Geochronology of Proterozoic basement from the Colombian Andes: Tectonic history of remnants from a fragmented Grenville Belt, 1-10. 10^o Congreso Geológico Chileno.
• Restrepo, Jorge Julian, and Jean F. Toussaint. 1988. Terranes and continental accretion in the Colombian Andes. Episodes 11. 189-193. Accessed 2019-10-31.

La Guajira Terrane

• Mora Bohórquez, Josué Alejandro; Mauricio Ibánez Mejía; Onno Oncken; Mario de Freitas; Vickye Vélez; Andrés Mesa, and Lina Serna. 2017. Structure and age of the Lower Magdalena Valley basin basement, northern Colombia: New reflection-seismic and U-Pb-Hf insights into the termination of the central andes against the Caribbean basin. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 74. 1-26. Accessed 2019-10-29.
• Pastor Chacón, Andrés; Jaime Reyes Abril; Carlos Cáceres Guevara; Gustavo Sarmiento, and Thomas Cramer. 2013. Análisis estratigráfico de la sucesión del Devónico-Pérmico al oriente de Manaure y San José de Oriente (Serranía del Perijá, Colombia). Geología Colombiana 38. 5-24. Accessed 2019-10-31.
• Fuck, Reinhardt A.; Benjamim Bley Brito Neves, and Carlos Schobbenhaus. 2008. Rodinia descendants in South America. Precambrian Research 160. 108–126. Accessed 2019-10-29.
• Paris, Gabriel; Michael N. Machette; Richard L. Dart, and Kathleen M. Haller. 2000. Map and Database of Quaternary Faults and Folds in Colombia and its Offshore Regions, 1–66. USGS. Accessed 2017-06-20.
• Paris, Gabriel; Michael N. Machette; Richard L. Dart, and Kathleen M. Haller. 2000b. Map of Quaternary Faults and Folds of Colombia and Its Offshore Regions, 1. USGS. Accessed 2017-09-18.

Reports

• Rodríguez, Gabriel, and Ana Cristina Londoño. 2002. Mapa geológico del Departamento de La Guajira - 1:250,000, 1–259. INGEOMINAS. Accessed 2017-08-08.

Maps

• Zuluaga, Carlos A.; Alberto Ochoa; Carlos A. Muñoz; Camilo E. Dorado; Nathalia M. Guerrero; Ana M. Martínez; Paula A. Medina; Edgar F. Ocampo, and Alejandro Pinilla and Paula A. Ríos, Bibiana P. Rodríguez, Edward A. Salazar, Vladimir L. Zapata. 2008. Plancha 3 - Puerto Estrella - 1:100,000, 1. INGEOMINAS. Accessed 2017-06-06.
• Zuluaga, Carlos A.; Alberto Ochoa; Carlos A. Muñoz; Camilo E. Dorado; Nathalia M. Guerrero; Ana M. Martínez; Paula A. Medina; Edgar F. Ocampo, and Alejandro Pinilla and Paula A. Ríos, Bibiana P. Rodríguez, Edward A. Salazar, Vladimir L. Zapata. 2008. Plancha 10bis - Rancho Grande - 1:100,000, 1. INGEOMINAS. Accessed 2017-06-06.
• Hernández, Marina, and Jairo Clavijo. 1998. Plancha 11 - Santa Marta - 1:100,000, 1. INGEOMINAS. Accessed 2017-06-06.
• Colmenares, Fabio; Milena Mesa; Jairo Roncancio; Edgar Arciniegas; Pablo Pedraza; Agustín Cardona; César Silva; Jhoamna Romero, and Sonia Alvarado and Oscar Romero, Felipe Vargas, Carlos Santamaría. 2007. Plancha 12 - Don Diego - 1:100,000, 1. INGEOMINAS. Accessed 2017-06-06.
• Hernández, Marina, and Iván Maldonado. 1999. Plancha 18 - Ciénaga - 1:100,000, 1. INGEOMINAS. Accessed 2017-06-06.
• Colmenares, Fabio; Milena Mesa; Jairo Roncancio; Edgar Arciniegas; Pablo Pedraza; Agustín Cardona; César Silva; Jhoamna Romero, and Sonia Alvarado and Oscar Romero, Felipe Vargas, Carlos Santamaría. 2007. Plancha 19 - Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta - 1:100,000, 1. INGEOMINAS. Accessed 2017-06-06.