Chitagá-Pamplona Fault

Chitagá-Pamplona Fault
Chitagá-Pamplona Fault
Falla de Chitagá-Pamplona
Age	Pleistocene
Orogeny	Andean

The Chitagá-Pamplona Fault (

strike of 355.2 ± 30, but varies in orientation from northwest-southeast in the south to northeast-southwest in the north. The fault cross-cuts the northern part of the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes and the Catatumbo Basin

.

Etymology

The fault was named after

Norte de Santander.^[1]

Description

The Chitagá-Pamplona Fault parallels the

footwall.^[2]

Activity

A rate between 0.2 and 1 millimetre (0.0079 and 0.0394 in) per year is estimated for the fault, considered inactive. The fault was probably active in the Pleistocene, at an estimated range of between 1.6 Ma and 750 ka.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Paris et al., 2000a, p.38
^ Plancha 122, 1982
^ Paris et al., 2000a, p.39

Bibliography

Paris, Gabriel; Michael N. Machette; Richard L. Dart, and Kathleen M. Haller. 2000a. Map and Database of Quaternary Faults and Folds in Colombia and its Offshore Regions, 1–66. USGS. Accessed 2017-09-18.

Maps

Daconte B., Rommel, and Rosalba Salinas E. 1982. Plancha 122 - Río Cobugón - 1:100,000, 1.
INGEOMINAS
. Accessed 2018-06-01.
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.

[Paris2000a_p38-1] Paris et al., 2000a, p.38

[Plancha122-2] Plancha 122, 1982

[Paris2000a_p39-3] Paris et al., 2000a, p.39

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