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Phanerozoic Orogens of Northwestern South America: Cordilleran-Type Orogens. Taphrogenic Tectonics. The Maracaibo Orogenic Float. The Chocó-Panamá Indenter

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Geology and Tectonics of Northwestern South America

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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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Cediel, F. (2019). Phanerozoic Orogens of Northwestern South America: Cordilleran-Type Orogens. Taphrogenic Tectonics. The Maracaibo Orogenic Float. The Chocó-Panamá Indenter. In: Cediel, F., Shaw, R.P. (eds) Geology and Tectonics of Northwestern South America. Frontiers in Earth Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76132-9_1

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