The Caribbean Terrane ( es, Terreno del Caribe, ''TC'') is one of the geological provinces (

terrane In geology, a terrane (; in full, a tectonostratigraphic terrane) is a crust fragment formed on a tectonic plate (or broken off from it) and accreted or " sutured" to crust lying on another plate. The crustal block or fragment preserves its own ...

s) of

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

. The terrane, dating to the

Late Cretaceous The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous Series. The Cretaceous is named after ''creta'', the ...

, is situated on the North Andes Plate and borders the La Guajira, Chibcha and underlying Tahamí Terrane along the regional

Bucaramanga-Santa Marta Fault The Bucaramanga-Santa Marta Fault (BSMF, BSF) or Bucaramanga-Santa Marta Fault System ( es, (Sistema de) Falla(s) de Bucaramanga-Santa Marta) is a major oblique transpressional sinistral strike-slip fault (wrench fault) in the departments of Magd ...

.Paris et al., 2000, p.10 The terrane overlies the Tahamí, Arquía and Quebradagrande Terranes along the

Romeral Fault System The Romeral Fault System ( es, Sistema de Fallas (de) Romeral) is a megaregional system of major parallel and anastomosing faults in the Cordillera Central (Colombia), Central Ranges of the Colombian Andes and the Cauca Basin, Cauca, Amagá Basin, ...

.Paris et al., 2000, pp.20–26Gómez Tapias et al., 2015, p.209

Reinterpretation

A study performed by Mora Bohórquez et al. in 2017 showed no basement variation between the

Chibcha Terrane The Chibcha Terrane ( es, Terreno Chibcha, ''TCH''), named after Chibcha, is the largest of the geological provinces (terranes) of Colombia. The terrane, the oldest explored domains of which date to the Meso- to Neoproterozoic, is situated on the ...

San Lucas basement underlying the

Lower Magdalena Valley Lower may refer to: *Lower (surname) *Lower Township, New Jersey *Lower Receiver (firearms) *Lower Wick Gloucestershire, England See also *Nizhny Nizhny (russian: Ни́жний; masculine), Nizhnyaya (; feminine), or Nizhneye (russian: Ни́� ...

(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 foldbelts) and Tahamí-Panzenú Terrane for the Tahamí Terrane.Mora Bohórquez et al., 2017, p.20

Subdivision

Domains

The terrane was subdivided by Fuck et al. (2008) into:Fuck et al., 2008, p.112Guiral Vega et al., 2015, p.42 ;Oceanic crust * Calima Terrane ( Calima, emplaced in Late Cretaceous) * Cuna Terrane ( Cuna, emplaced in Miocene) * Gorgona Terrane ( Gorgona, Miocene)

Complexes

* Alto Condoto * Santa Cecilia-La Equis * Uré *

Cajamarca Cajamarca (), also known by the Quechua name, ''Kashamarka'', is the capital and largest city of the Cajamarca Region as well as an important cultural and commercial center in the northern Andes. It is located in the northern highlands of Peru ...

* Puquí * Bolo Azul * Cañasgordas *

Mistrató Mistrato (elevation 1900 metres, m) is a town and municipality in the Departments of Colombia, Department of Risaralda Department, Risaralda, Colombia. The town is located about two hours west of Pereira. References

Municipalities of R ...

** Mistrató Tonalite - Paleogene (46 ± 7 Ma)Vallejo Hincapié et al., 2011, p.56 *

Buriticá Buriticá is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia. Demography An 1852 watercolor by Henry Price depicts an Indian man and woman from Buriticá wearing blue and white clothing bears the notation, "Colonel Codazzi believes t ...

* Anserma - Late Cretaceous (71 ± 2.1 Ma)Vallejo Hincapié et al., 2011, p.55 ;Batholiths *

Acandí Acandí is a town in Colombia at the northern extremity of the department of Chocó in the northwest of Colombia, bordering Panama and the Caribbean Sea. It is from the department's capital, Quibdó. Its average temperature is . It was founded ar ...

* Mandé - MioceneVallejo Hincapié et al., 2011, p.48 * Sabanalarga - Cretaceous * Santa Bárbara * Puqui * Río Tarazá * Carauta * Nudillales * Cerro Plateado *

Farallones The Farallon Islands, or Farallones (from the Spanish ''farallón'' meaning "pillar" or "sea cliff"), are a group of islands and sea stacks in the Gulf of the Farallones, off the coast of San Francisco, California, United States. The islands ...

* Comitá * San José de Urama * La Clara-Río Calle

Volcanoes

* Azufral * Chiles *

Cumbal Cumbal is a town and municipality in the Nariño Department, Colombia. Historically it is said that in 1529 the chief Cumbe founded a town with the name "Pavas" located at the foot of the Cumbal volcano, between the Blanco river and the Riochiq ...

El Totumo El Totumo Mud Volcano ( es, Volcán de Lodo El Totumo) is an active mud volcano located near sea level in northern Colombia in the Municipalities of Colombia, municipality of Santa Catalina, Bolívar, Santa Catalina. A local tourist destination, ...

(

mud volcano A mud volcano or mud dome is a landform created by the eruption of mud or slurries, water and gases. Several geological processes may cause the formation of mud volcanoes. Mud volcanoes are not true igneous volcanoes as they do not produce lava ...

)

Ranges

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* Western ** Nudo de los Pastos * Darién * Baudó *

Montes de María The Montes de María is an isolated group of small mountains near the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Region. The Montes de María (also known as Serranía de San Jacinto) are the last part of the Serranía de San Jerónimo which exte ...

Basins

* Cauca-Patía * Chocó * Sinú-San Jacinto *

Tumaco Tumaco is a port city and municipality in the Nariño Department, Colombia, by the Pacific Ocean. It is located on the southwestern corner of Colombia, near the border with Ecuador, and experiences a hot tropical climate. Tumaco is inhabited mai ...

* Urabá

Faults

* Bucaramanga-Santa Marta (BSF) *

Romeral Romeral is a Chilean town and commune in Curicó Province, Maule Region. The commune spans and area of . Demographics According to the 2002 census of Population and Housing by the National Statistics Institute, the Romeral commune had 12,707 in ...

(RFS) **

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...

** Buesaco-Aranda ** Córdoba-Navarco **

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** Paraíso ** Piendamó ** Rosas-Julumito * AbriaquíParis et al., 2000, p.18 * ArgeliaParis et al., 2000, p.51 * CañasgordasParis et al., 2000, p.17 * Cauca * GarrapatasParis et al., 2000, p.52 *

Murindó Murindó is a town and municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia. Climate Murindó has a tropical rainforest climate A tropical rainforest climate, humid tropical climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usual ...

Paris et al., 2000, p.14 * MurríParis et al., 2000, p.17 *

Mutatá Mutatá is a municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia. Climate Mutatá has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Köppen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bernd Köppen (born 1951), German pianist a ...

Paris et al., 2000, p.14 * MonteríaParis et al., 2000, p.12 * Naya-MicayParis et al., 2000, p.54 * PiedranchaParis et al., 2000, p.55 * Remolino-El CharcoParis et al., 2000, p.55 * Santa RitaParis et al., 2000, p.26 *

El Tambor EL, El or el may refer to: Religion * El (deity), a Semitic word for "God" People * EL (rapper) (born 1983), stage name of Elorm Adablah, a Ghanaian rapper and sound engineer * El DeBarge, music artist * El Franco Lee (1949–2016), American po ...

Paris et al., 2000, p.53 * ToroParis et al., 2000, p.51 * TucuráParis et al., 2000, p.13 *

Unguía Unguía is a municipality and town in the far north of the Chocó Department, Colombia. Climate Unguía has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Köppen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bernd Köppen (born 1951), Ge ...

Paris et al., 2000, p.15 *

Urrao Urrao is a town and municipality of Colombia, located in the subregion southwest of the department of Antioquia. Limited by the north with the municipalities of Frontino and Abriaquí, in the east with the municipalities of Abriaquí, Caic ...

Paris et al., 2000, p.18

Gallery

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Terranes In geology, a terrane (; in full, a tectonostratigraphic terrane) is a crust fragment formed on a tectonic plate (or broken off from it) and accreted or " sutured" to crust lying on another plate. The crustal block or fragment preserves its own ...

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