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Stratigraphic Transect of Northwestern Colombia: a Key to Understanding the Origin of the Panamanian Isthmus

  • Andrés Pardo
  • , José Abel Flores
  • , Sergio Restrepo
  • , Jairo Alonso Osorio
  • , Diana Ochoa
  • , Juan Carlos Silva
  • , Carlos Borrero
  • , Agustín Cardona
  • , Ángel Barbosa
  • , Alejandra Mejía
  • , Ángelo Plata
  • , Felipe Vallejo
  • , Raúl Trejos
  • , Francisco J. Sierro
  • , María A. Bárcena
  • , Camilo Montes
  • Universidad de Caldas
  • Salamanca University
  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia Medellin
  • Escuela de Ingeniería de Antioquia
  • Agencia Nacional de Hidrocarburos
  • Universidad de los Andes

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Abstract

We present new data on the stratigraphy of the Miocene in northwestern Colombia, in the Pacific Basin. The sedimentological and biostratigraphic study, based on an analysis of calcareous nannofossils, foraminifera, palynomorphs, and diatoms, has enabled a new framework to be constructed that allows the closing process of the Isthmus of Panama to be monitored and palaeoceanographic implications to be made.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSpringer Geology
PublisherSpringer
Pages563-567
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameSpringer Geology
ISSN (Print)2197-9545
ISSN (Electronic)2197-9553

Keywords

  • Biostratigraphy
  • Calcareous nannofossils
  • Colombian Pacific basins
  • Diatoms
  • Miocene
  • Palynomorphs
  • Planktonic foraminifera

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