Volume 2 Quaternary Chapter 10 Neogene https://doi.org/10.32685/pub.esp.36.2019.10 Cretaceous Record from a Mariana– to an Published online 15 May 2020 Andean–Type Margin in the Central Cordillera 1
[email protected] of the Colombian Andes Universidad Nacional de Colombia Paleogene Sede Medellín Facultad de Minas Departamento de Procesos y Energía 1 2 3 Agustín CARDONA * , Santiago LEÓN , Juan S. JARAMILLO , Grupo de Investigación en Geología y 4 5 6 Geofísica (EGEO) Victor A. VALENCIA , Sebastian ZAPATA , Andrés PARDO–TRUJILLO , Medellín, Colombia 7 8 9 Axel K. SCHMITT , Dany MEJÍA , and Juan Camilo ARENAS 2
[email protected] Cretaceous Universidad Nacional de Colombia Abstract The Cretaceous tectonic evolution of the western margin of South America Sede Medellín Grupo de Investigación en Geología y involves a shift from an extensional convergent margin toward a more compressional Geofísica (EGEO) Medellín, Colombia setting that marks the beginning of the Andean Orogeny. In the Colombian Andes, this Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Jurassic changing scenario is recorded in the Cretaceous sedimentary and magmatic rocks of Ancón, Panamá 3
[email protected] the Central Cordillera. A review of field relationships, together with analysis of inte- Universidad Nacional de Colombia grated provenance constraints, including sandstone petrography and detrital zircon Sede Medellín Facultad de Minas geochronology from various localities, suggests that during the Early Cretaceous until Departamento de Materiales y Minerales the Aptian – Albian, siliciclastic basin fills were characterized by transgressive fining– Grupo de Investigación en Geología y Triassic Geofísica (EGEO) upward trends, with prominent first–cycle quartzose provenances that indicate strong Medellín, Colombia chemical weathering in the source areas.