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Abbreviations
- CAT :
-
Caribbean terranes
- CA-VA :
-
Cajamarca-Valdivia terrane
- CCOP :
-
Caribbean-Colombian oceanic plateau
- CCR :
-
Colombian Caribbean Realm
- CHO :
-
Chocó-Panamá Arc
- CTR :
-
Central Tectonic Realm
- DAP :
-
Dagua-Piñón
- GDFS :
-
Garrapatas-Dabeiba Fault System
- GSR :
-
Guiana Shield Realm
- GU-FA :
-
Guajira-Falcón terranes
- IRLPM :
-
Igneous-related low-pressure metamorphism
- ME :
-
Sierra de Mérida (“Venezuelan Andes”)
- MOF :
-
Maracaibo orogenic float
- NAB :
-
North Andean belt
- NW SA :
-
Northwestern South America
- OPTFS :
-
Oca-El Pilar Transform Fault System
- PAT :
-
Pacific Terranes
- RO :
-
Romeral Mélange
- SNStM :
-
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
- WETSA :
-
W-E Tectono-Sedimentary Anomaly
- WTR :
-
Western Tectonic Realm
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