International Journal of Hydrology Review Article Open Access Geological occurrence of the ecce homo hill´s cave, chimichagua (cesar), Colombia: an alternative for socio-economic development based on geotourism Abstract Volume 2 Issue 5 - 2018 This work presents the results of the speleological study developed in the Ecce Homo Ciro Raúl Sánchez-Botello,1 Gabriel Jiménez- Cerro Cave located in the southwest of the central subregion of the Cesar department, Velandia,1 Carlos Alberto Ríos-Reyes,1 Dino in the Colombian Caribbean region, associated with carbonated rocks of the Aguas 2 Blancas Formation belonging to the Cogollo Group, which have suffered Chemical Carmelo Manco-Jaraba, Elías Ernesto Rojas- 2 and mechanical dissolution generating endocárstico and exocárstico environments. In Martínez, Oscar Mauricio Castellanos- the cavern were found different types of pavillian, paving and zenith speleothems of Alarcón3 different sizes in the galleries, being this the tourist attraction of such cavity, such as 1Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia columns, moonmilk, stalactites, castings, sawtooth, gours and flags. Lithologically, 2Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina, Valledupar, Colombia this geological unit is constituted by gray, biomicritic and dismicríticas limestones 3Programa de Geología, Universidad de Pamplona, Pamplona, with high fossiliferous content, intercalations of shales, recrystallized sediments with Colombia calcium carbonate, pellets and shells recrystallized with calcium carbonate. The Ecce Carlos Alberto Ríos-Reyes, Universidad Homo Cerro Cave can be catalogued as a punctual Geosite with geomorphological Correspondence: Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia, interest, taking into account the large number and variety of speleothems presented as Email
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