Caribbean terrane
The Caribbean terrane is a geological province of Colombia. The terrane, dating to the Late Cretaceous, 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 terrane overlies the Tahamí, Arquía and Quebradagrande terranes along the Romeral fault system.
Reinterpretation
A study performed by Mora Bohórquez et al. in 2017 showed no basement variation between the Chibcha terrane San Lucas basement underlying the Lower Magdalena Valley 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 and Tahamí–Panzenú terrane for the Tahamí terrane.Subdivision
Domains
The terrane was subdivided by Fuck et al. into:;Oceanic crust
Complexes
- Alto Condoto
- Santa Cecilia-La Equis
- Uré
- Cajamarca
- Puquí
- Bolo Azul
- Cañasgordas
- Mistrató
- * Mistrató Tonalite – Paleogene
- Buriticá
- Anserma – Late Cretaceous
- Acandí
- Mandé – Miocene
- Sabanalarga – Cretaceous
- Santa Bárbara
- Puqui
- Río [Tarazá Amphibolite|Río Tarazá]
- Carauta
- Nudillales
- Cerro Plateado
- Farallones
- Comitá
- San [José de Urama Basalt|San José de Urama]
- La Clara-Río Calle
Volcanoes
Ranges
- Central (Colombia)|Central]
- Western
- * Nudo de los Pastos
- Darién
- Baudó
- Montes de María
Basins
Faults
Bucaramanga-Santa Marta Romeral- * Armenia
- * Buesaco-Aranda
- * Córdoba-Navarco
- * Montenegro
- * Paraíso
- * Piendamó
- * Rosas-Julumito
- Abriaquí
- Argelia
- Cañasgordas
- Cauca
- Garrapatas
- Murindó
- Murrí
- Mutatá
- Montería
- Naya-Micay
- Piedrancha
- Remolino-El Charco
- Santa Rita
- El Tambor
- Toro
- Tucurá
- Unguía
- Urrao