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Suárez Fault
The Suárez Fault () is a sinistral strike-slip fault, oblique thrust fault in the departments of Colombia, department of Santander Department, Santander in northeastern Colombia. The fault has a total length of and runs along an average north-northeast to south-southwest strike (geology), strike of 021.1 ± 8 in the Cordillera Oriental (Colombia), Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes from Barbosa, Santander, Barbosa in the south to Bucaramanga in the north, where it connects with the regional Bucaramanga-Santa Marta Fault. Etymology The fault is named after the Suárez River.Paris et al., 2000, p.34 Description The Suárez Fault runs from Barbosa, Santander, Barbosa in the south,Mapa Geológico Santander, 1999 where it displaces the Simití Formation,Plancha 170, 2009 and joins the Bucaramanga-Santa Marta Fault, Bucaramanga Fault a few kilometers to the north of the city of Bucaramanga. The Suárez Fault cuts Jurassic (Girón Formation),Plancha 135, 2009 and Cretaceous sedim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suárez River
The Suárez River, originally Saravita, is a river in the Cordillera Oriental (Colombia), Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The river originates in Lake Fúquene on the border of Cundinamarca Department, Cundinamarca and Boyacá Department, Boyacá and its mouth is the confluence with the Chicamocha River, forming the Sogamoso River in Santander Department, Santander. It is part of the Magdalena River, Magdalena Basin flowing towards the Caribbean Sea. The long river is one of the longest on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense and forms the natural borders of Cundinamarca and Boyacá and Boyacá and Santander in its upstream and downstream part respectively. The river formed the trajectory for the Spanish conquest of the Muisca, when the conquistadors went uphill into the Andes from the tropical lowlands of Barrancabermeja in the north. The difference in altitude along the river course, from at the source to at its mouth, in its large basin causes climatic variations, especially ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |