Abstract

AMAYA, Erika; MARINO, Jorge  and  JARAMILLO, Carlos. LITOFACIES AND DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS OF THE GUADUAS FORMATION IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE COLOMBIAN EASTERN CORDILLERA - PALEOGEOGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS. bol.geol. [online]. 2010, vol.32, n.1, pp.13-25. ISSN 0120-0283.

The Guaduas Formation was deposited during the Cretaceous- Tertiary transition, in the central part of the Colombian Eastern Cordillera, and it has been recognized as a mudstone succession, with some sand levels, and coal. The Goal is to determine a stacking pattern of Guaduas Formation’s Lithofacies, which can be applicable to the Cundiboyacense Altiplano (plateau). So, 12 Lithofacies were described and characterized - based on sedimentary structures and their occurrence on 10 stratigraphic columns and 400m of coal drillings cores, plus the analysis of previous stratigraphic information. The Lithofacies assemblage allowed the interpretation of -sedimentary environments and helped to establish 4 depositional Systems. Additionally, from examination of facies cyclicity observed within the stratigraphic record, a Markov chain Analysis was developed for the Guaduas Formation deposits, that together with the correlation of the stratigraphic columns (taking into account the position of sea level) enabled the production of preliminary facies maps for part of the Cundiboyacense Altiplano, on which it is noticed the predominance of transitional environments toward the SW of the basin with a gradual shallowing toward NE as a result of differential subsidence.

Keywords : Lithofacies; Depositional environments; Facies Maps; Guaduas Formation; Lithofacies Maps.

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