Two Cretaceous Subduction Events in the Central Cordillera: Insights from the High P–Low T Metamorphism

Camilo BUSTAMANTE and Andres BUSTAMANTE

https://doi.org/10.32685/pub.esp.36.2019.14

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Bustamante, C. & Bustamante, A. 2019. Two Cretaceous subduction events in the Central Cordillera: Insights from the high P–low T metamorphism. In: Gómez, J. & Pinilla–Pachon, A.O. (editors), The Geology of Colombia, Volume 2 Mesozoic. Servicio Geológico Colombiano, Publicaciones Geológicas Especiales 36, p. 517–559. Bogotá. https://doi.org/10.32685/pub.esp.36.2019.14

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