Formation and Evolution of the Lower Magdalena Valley Basin and San Jacinto Fold Belt of Northwestern Colombia: Insights from Upper Cretaceous to Recent Tectono–Stratigraphy ​

Josué Alejandro MORA–BOHÓRQUEZ  , Onno ONCKEN, Eline LE BRETON, Mauricio IBAÑEZ–MEJIA , Gabriel VELOZA, Andrés MORA, Vickye VÉLEZ, and Mario DE FREITAS

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Mora–Bohórquez, J.A., Oncken, O., Le Breton, E., Ibañez–Mejia, M., Veloza, G., Mora, A., Vélez, V. & De Freitas, M. 2020. Formation and evolution of the Lower Magdalena Valley Basin and San Jacinto fold belt of northwestern Colombia: Insights from Upper Cretaceous to recent tectono–stratigraphy. In: Gómez, J. & Mateus–Zabala, D. (editors), The Geology of Colombia, Volume 3 Paleogene – Neogene. Servicio Geológico Colombiano, Publicaciones Geológicas Especiales 37, p. 21–66. Bogotá. https://doi.org/10.32685/pub.esp.37.2019.02

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