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The Andean Region of Colombia is the other emerged area of the two areas that compose the geology of Colombia. This area originated after a complex geological development that started in the Paleozoic era when the Nazca Plate collapsed with the South American Plate pushing it under the Caribbean Plate that created volcanic islands off the ...
The Colombian Geological Survey (CGS) (Spanish: Servicio Geológico Colombiano; [3] formerly known as INGEOMINAS) is a scientific agency of the Colombian government in charge of contributing to the socioeconomic development of the nation through research in basic and applied geosciences of the subsoil, the potential of its resources, evaluating and monitoring threats of geological origin ...
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The Santa Teresa Formation (Spanish: Formación Santa Teresa, Tist, Pgst) is a geological formation of the western Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes, west of the Bituima Fault, and the southern Middle Magdalena Valley.
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McLaughlin, Donald H (1970), Economic geology of the Zipaquirá quadrangle and adjoining area, Department of Cundinamarca, Colombia (PDF), USGS, pp. 1–126; Montoya Arenas, Diana María; Reyes Torres, Germán Alfonso (2005), Geología de la Sabana de Bogotá, INGEOMINAS, pp. 1–104
The Vaupés Arch is a hydrographic feature in the geology of Colombia. The Vaupés Arch forms the major drainage divide in the southern extent of the Llanos region of eastern Colombia and the western slopes of the Guiana Shield in Venezuela. [1] The Vaupés Arch is the result of an episode of tectonic uplift that occurred approximately 8 to 10 Ma.
The Paja Formation (Spanish: Formación Paja, K1p, Kip, Kimp, b3b6p) is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation of central Colombia. The formation extends across the northern part of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, the Western Colombian emerald belt and surrounding areas of the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes.