El Tambor Fault
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The El Tambor Fault (Spanish: Falla El Tambor) is an inactive dextral oblique thrust fault in the departments of Cauca and Valle del Cauca in Colombia. The fault has a total length of 117.5 kilometres (73.0 mi) and runs along an average northeast to southwest strike of 026.1 ± 09 to the west of the Western Ranges of the Colombian Andes.
Etymology
The fault is named after Cerro El Tambor, Timbiquí, Cauca.[1][2]
Description
The El Tambor Fault borders the western slope of the Western Ranges of the Colombian Andes, west of the Farallones de Cali.[3] Through most of its trace, the fault places Cretaceous volcanic and sedimentary rocks on the east, against Neogene rocks on the west, which commonly crops out across most of the plains of the Pacific Coast. The fault displays strong linear topographic features, tectonic control of drainage, and deflected stream channels and was active in the Late Pleistocene or Early Holocene.[4]
See also
References
Bibliography
- Paris, Gabriel; Machette, Michael N.; Dart, Richard L.; Haller, Kathleen M. (2000a), Map and Database of Quaternary Faults and Folds in Colombia and its Offshore Regions (PDF), USGS, pp. 1–66, retrieved 2017-09-18
Maps
- Marín, P.; Paris, G.; Orrego, A.; López, M.E. (1979), Mapa Geológico de Cauca 1:350,000, INGEOMINAS, p. 1, retrieved 2017-09-21
- Paris, Gabriel; Machette, Michael N.; Dart, Richard L.; Haller, Kathleen M. (2000b), Map of Quaternary Faults and Folds of Colombia and Its Offshore Regions (PDF), USGS, p. 1, retrieved 2017-09-18
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- Chibcha
- Tahamí
- Caribe
- La Guajira
- Arquía
- Quebradagrande
- Anacona
- Amazonian Craton
- Río Negro-Juruena
fault systems
- Bagre Norte
- Bucaramanga-Santa Marta (BSF)
- Cimitarra
- Cucuana
- Eastern Frontal (EFS)
- Afiladores
- Algeciras
- Garzón-Pitalito
- Guaicáramo
- Guayuriba
- Mocoa
- San Pedro-Cumaral
- Servitá-Santa María
- Sibundoy
- Suazá
- Yopal
- Boconó
- Mulato-Getudo
- Oca
- Otú Norte
- Palestina
- Romeral (RFS)
faults
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earthquakes
- Andean
- Famatinian
- Sunsás
- Rondônia-Juruá
- Tapajós
- Transamazonian
- Carajas-Imataca
Gómez Tapias, Jorge; Montes Ramírez, Nohora E.; Almanza Meléndez, María F.; Alcárcel Gutiérrez, Fernando A.; Madrid Montoya, César A.; Diederix, Hans (2015). Geological Map of Colombia. Servicio Geológico Colombiano. pp. 1–212. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
Various authors (2014). Enciclopedia de desastres naturales históricos de Colombia (PDF). Universidad del Quindío. pp. 1–21. Retrieved 2017-06-20.![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png)
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