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deposits of the Hato Nuevo and Manantial Formations show a more calcareous character in the north, while the Cesar Sub-basin contained more siliclastic sedimentation, represented in the Barco Formation, consisting of more lithic fragments than the equivalent of the Llanos Basin. Compression continued
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analysis and modeling combined with vitrinite reflectance data, showed the Cretaceous units have a significant potential for hydrocarbon generation. The Lagunitas and Aguas Blancas Formations are heavily fractured and considered a good potential fractured reservoir, while the Río Negro Formation has
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The break-up of Pangea in the Early Jurassic generated a sequence of rift basins in northern South America, surrounding the proto-Caribbean. The area of the present-day Serranía del Perijá was a continental rift, while basins to the west were marine in origin. Regional fault lineaments formed during
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During the Eocene and Early Oligocene, the western part of the basin was exposed and modest deposition concentrated in the Ranchería Sub-basin. The previously humid ecosystem changed to an arid plain environment. In contrast, the Neogene conglomerates of the Cuesta Formation show a larger thickness
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was the main predator. It has been estimated on the basis of the fossil flora, pollen and large reptiles that the mean annual temperature was between 28.5 and 33 °C (83.3 and 91.4 °F) and yearly precipitation ranging from 2,260 to 4,640 millimetres (89 to 183 in) per year. Provenance
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has a reduced thickness in the northern part of the Middle Magdalena Valley due to erosion, while the Paleocene section in the Cesar-Ranchería Basin is very thick. This has been explained by the tilt of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and the formation of several thick-skinned thrust faults in the
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A second phase of compressive margin has been noted in the Cesar-Ranchería Basin by the strong differences between the sedimentary thicknesses of the Paleocene formations. During this stage in the basin development, the Cesar-Ranchería Basin was connected to the Middle Magdalena Valley to the west.
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of the Eastern Ranges. The Early Cretaceous Río Negro Formation, a unit composed of sandstones, conglomerates and siltstones, is very variable in thickness in the basin and associated with continental sedimentation on rift shoulders to a post-rift setting. The formation is time-equivalent with the
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Petroleum exploration in the Cesar-Ranchería Basin commenced in 1916. The first exploitation of hydrocarbons was performed in 1921 and 1922 at Infantas in the Ranchería Basin and in 1938 the first well (El Paso-1) was drilled in the Cesar Basin. The basin is relatively underexplored. The first 2D
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for the oils in the Cesar-Ranchería Basin. The upper member of the Cogollo Group, the Aguas Blancas Formation, presents a large lateral variability in lithologies. Black biomicrites and fossiliferous limestones are indicative of a middle to outer platform environment, while sandy shales and
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in the northeast of the basin is the most striking. Cerrejón is the tenth biggest coal mine worldwide and the largest of Latin America. The formation provides low-ash, low-sulphur bituminous coal with a total production in 2016 of almost 33 Megatons. Other coal mines include
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during the Paleocene, with uplifted areas to the northwest and southeast and volcanism in the proto-Caribbean. The global climate was very hot in this period and in the restricted basin between the two forming mountain ranges, a unique ecosystem developed; the first
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of the Middle Magdalena Valley, consists of calcareous shales intercalated by sandstones. The widespread correlation of this unit with the neighbouring formations indicates an open marine environment all across northwestern South America.
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forest in the world. Mean annual temperature has been estimated to have been between 28.5 and 33 °C (83.3 and 91.4 °F) and yearly precipitation ranging from 2,260 to 4,640 millimetres (89 to 183 in) per year.
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analysis of the sediments of the Los Cuervos and Cerrejón Formations show a predominant west to east paleocurrent, followed by a more southeastern flow. A secondary source of sediments was the growing Serranía del Perijá.
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Sediments from the Late Permian to Triassic periods are absent in the Cesar-Ranchería Basin, but evidenced in the surrounding orogens. Intense magmatism and metamorphism affected the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and the
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sandstones indicate a shallow marine environment. The variation in lithologies and organic content of this source rock formation is associated with basinal relative sea level changes and the organic-rich strata to the
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Colmenares, Fabio; Mesa, Milena; Roncancio, Jairo; Arciniegas, Edgar; Pedraza, Pablo; Cardona, Agustín; Silva, César; Romero, Jhoamna; Alvarado and Oscar Romero, Felipe Vargas, Carlos Santamaría, Sonia (2007),
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respectively. The basin has a general orientation of 30 degrees from north. The Cesar-Ranchería Basin is subdivided into the Cesar Basin in the west, named after and hydrographically dominated by the
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in a rift basin setting related to the break-up of Pangea and has been dated to the Late Jurassic and earliest Cretaceous, 160 to 140 Ma. The formation is time-equivalent with the
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were tectonically active, which is still observed in the present day. Ongoing uplift and reverse faulting created the intermontane fluvial-dominated basin architecture of today.
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and separated from the Cesar River by the intrabasinal Valledupar High, an extension of the Verdesia High. The southeastern edge of the basin is formed by the border with
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García González, Mario; Mier Umaña, Ricardo; Arias R., Andrea F.; Cortes P., Yeny M.; Moreno C., Mario A.; Salazar C., Oscar M.; Jiménez J, Miguel F. (2007),
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in the southwestern part of the basin, close to the connected Middle Magdalena Valley. During this period, especially in the Late Miocene to Pliocene, the
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During the Cretaceous, the basins of northern South America were connected in a back-arc basin setting. The first phase of the Andean orogeny uplifted the
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Reconstrucción de la historia termal en el piedemonte occidental de la Serranía del Perijá entre Codazzi y La Jagua de Ibirico - Cuenca de Cesar-Ranchería
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of the Middle Magdalena Valley. The fossiliferous limestones and shales of the Lagunitas Formation, lower member of the Cogollo Group, contain beds of
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The Lower Cretaceous series is followed by the deposition of the regional main source rock of northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela,
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The rift basin setting spanned the Jurassic period and was followed by post-rift sedimentation in the Early Cretaceous, evidenced by the
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forest. In this hot and humid environment, the largest species of reptiles since the extinction of the dinosaurs evolved, of which
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The Cesar-Ranchería Basin is relatively underexplored for hydrocarbons, compared to neighbouring hydrocarbon-rich provinces as the
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Cuéllar Cárdenas, Mario Andrés; López Isaza, Julián Andrés; Osorio Naranjo, Jairo Alonso; Carrillo Lombana, Edgar Joaquín (2012),
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At the end of the Cretaceous, the tectonic regime changed to a compressive phase, due to the movement of the Caribbean Plate. The
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In the Cesar-Ranchería Basin several important fossils have been found, most notably in the Cerrejón Formation, together with the
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The stratigraphy of the Cesar-Ranchería Basin has been described by various authors. The coal producing area was mapped in 1961.
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character, the latter more dominant in the northern areas. In the Cesar-Ranchería Basin, this led to the deposition of the main
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Hernández Pardo, Orlando; Jaramillo, José María; Parra, Mauricio; Salazar, Armando; Donelick, Raymond; Blandón, Astrid (2009),
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enclose the narrow triangular intermontane basin, that covers an area of 11,668 square kilometres (4,505 sq mi). The
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respectively. Inside the basin, the main compressional movement is dated to this phase, where reverse faults were formed.
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The Andean orogeny, active since the Cretaceous, has formed several volcanic arcs to the west of the Cesar-Ranchería Basin
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among others, have been found in the Cerrejón Formation, the sediments of which are interpreted as representing the first
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data from several source rocks of the Cesar-Ranchería Basin show present-day mature to overmature Cretaceous formations (
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Cardeño Villegas, Karol; Rojas Martínez, Elias Ernesto; Manco Jaraba, Dino Carmelo; Cárdenas López, Rony Rafael (2015),
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with a total displacement of 180 kilometres (110 mi). The Bucaramanga-Santa Marta Fault was a Jurassic extensional
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stage were reactivated as thrust faults. The current compressional faults of the Cesar-Ranchería Basin are high-angle.
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The passive margin phase was characterised by the deposition of shallow marine sediments in three periods, divided by
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Análisis tectonoestratigráfico y de procedencia en la Subcuenca de Cesar: Relación con los sistemas petroleros (MSc.)
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to the southeast experienced a foreland basin setting since the Paleogene, due to the first phases of uplift of the
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During deposition of the Río Cachirí Group around 380 Ma, the Cesar-Ranchería Basin was located at the edge of the
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Cuencas Catatumbo, Cesar – Ranchería, Cordillera Oriental, Llanos Orientales, Valle Medio y Superior del Magdalena
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The tectonic history of the Cesar-Ranchería Basin has been subdivided into six phases. The basin started as a
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potential of the Colombian sedimentary basins provided estimates of (P90-P10) 6 to 217 billion barrels (950
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Despite various detailed studies and the similarities with neighbouring hydrocarbon rich provinces as the
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and La Luna Formations at the Maracas Field in the extreme southwest of the basin. A 2012 study of the
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A back-arc basin is formed when a subducting plate creates accommodation space behind a volcanic arc
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García González, Mario; Mier Umaña, Ricardo; Cruz Guevara, Luis Enrique; Vásquez, Mauricio (2009),
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Vargas Jiménez, Carlos A (2012), "Evaluating total Yet-to-Find hydrocarbon volume in Colombia",
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Naafs, B.D.A.; Castro, J.M.; De Gea, G.A.; Quijano, M.L.; Schmidt, D.N.; Pancost, R.D. (2016),
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seismic lines were shot in the late 1970s and 1980s. The deepest well, El Paso-3, drilled to a
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The Cesar Ranchería Basin is part of a major petroleum province in northwestern South America
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Colombian Sedimentary Basins: Nomenclature, Boundaries and Petroleum Geology, a New Proposal
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Colombian Sedimentary Basins: Nomenclature, Boundaries and Petroleum Geology, a New Proposal
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and are indicative of a shallow, saline environment. The formation is correlated with the
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The uplift of the Serranía del Perijá made the Cesar-Ranchería Basin an intermontane basin
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The Cesar-Ranchería Basin is located to the southeast of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
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Informe Ejecutivo - evaluación del potencial hidrocarburífero de las cuencas colombianas
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forms the Colombian part, in the east. Compressional tectonic movement commenced in the
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of the Perijá Formation were formed during the Early Paleozoic and are related to the
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Programa sísmico Cesar-Ranchería 2D - reporte final de procesamiento e interpretación
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The tenth biggest coal mine in the world, Cerrejón, in the northeast of the basin
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Plancha 41 - Mapa geológico de la cuenca carbonífera Cesar-Ranchería - 1:100,000
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Coal mining in the Cesar-Ranchería Basin is concentrated in the northeast, with
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The basin is of importance for hosting the worldwide tenth biggest and largest
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Klemme, H.D (1980), "Petroleum Basins - Classifications and Characteristics",
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watershed, and the Ranchería Basin in the east. The latter is named after the
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Barrero, Dario; Pardo, Andrés; Vargas, Carlos A.; Martínez, Juan F. (2007).
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Cardona, A.; Valencia, V.A.; Bayona, G.; Duque, J.; Ducea, M.; Gehrels, G.;
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Barrero, Dario; Pardo, Andrés; Vargas, Carlos A.; Martínez, Juan F. (2007),
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to the northwest. The northeastern limit is sharply formed by the dextral
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being accompanied by volcanics and volcanoclastic sediments such as the
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is represented by the Manaure Formation, a sequence of sandstones and
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basin. The initiation of this compressive phase has been dated to the
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epochs. Sedimentation on the northern South American platform was of
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Ojeda Marulanda, Carolina; Sánchez Quiñónez, Carlos Alberto (2013),
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forms the boundary to the west. The faults form the border with the
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sequence. The highly organic formation is time-equivalent with the
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basement. The Sierra Nevada Metamorphic Belt was formed during the
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of the Middle Magdalena Valley and western Eastern Ranges and the
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led to the formation of a metamorphic complex, named Sevilla. The
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The Cesar-Ranchería Basin is located at the northern edge of the
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The sedimentary sequence drilled in the basin starts with the
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enclosed by two main mountain ranges; the northernmost Andean
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mineralisations in the volcanoclastic beds of the formation.
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eras, the basin was connected to the Magdalena River basins (
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Hernández, Marina; Clavijo, Jairo; González, Javier (2001),
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Evaluación del agua subterránea en el Departamento del Cesar
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Olshansky, A.S.; Kuzmin, E.L.; Maslianitzkiy, V.V. (2007),
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Bally, A.W.; Snelson, S. (1980), "Realms of subsidence",
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The tectonic history of the Cesar-Ranchería Basin at the
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Head, J.J.; Bloch, J.I.; Hastings, A.K.; Bourque, J.R.;
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Kingston, D.R.; Dishroon, C.P.; Williams, P.A. (1983),
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Bayona, Germán; Lamus Ochoa, Felipe; Cardona, Agustín;
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Recursos de CBM en Colombia - estimación del potencial
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Recursos de CBM en Colombia - estimación del potencial
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respectively. The events were accompanied by acidic
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The sedimentary sequence inside the basin comprises
5562: 4288: 4286: 6827: 5691: 5646: 5101: 4697: 4617: 4553: 4393: 6593:Cuenca Cesar-Ranchería - Open Round Colombia 2010 5727: 5639: 5637: 5137: 5083: 4665: 4537: 4505: 4457: 4329: 4327: 4325: 1467:and a final intramontane phase since the Eocene. 600:in the southeast of the basin and the triangular 7329: 6698: 5893:; Montes, Camilo; Tchegliakova, Nadejda (2007), 5700: 5655: 5496: 5494: 5492: 5473: 5471: 5469: 5450: 5272: 5263: 5254: 5245: 5110: 5040: 5038: 5028: 5026: 5007: 5005: 5003: 4993: 4991: 4989: 4979: 4977: 4975: 4947: 4945: 4943: 4933: 4931: 4929: 4919: 4917: 4889: 4887: 4885: 4757: 4755: 4753: 4743: 4741: 4739: 4729: 4727: 4725: 4713: 4377: 4361: 4283: 3723:, dated to approximately 120 million years ago. 6529:; Arévalo, Oscar J.; Castillo, Hardany (2009), 6432:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 5607: 5508: 5506: 4875: 4873: 4800: 4798: 4796: 4681: 4633: 4601: 4425: 1541:this phase, that during the compression of the 1524:. The compressive phase is associated with the 6576: 6508: 5957:; Montes, C.; Ojeda & J. Ruiz, G. (2011), 5682: 5664: 5634: 5625: 5616: 5589: 5580: 5571: 5553: 5544: 5434: 5418: 5402: 5386: 5370: 5354: 5338: 5322: 5306: 5290: 5191: 4794: 4792: 4790: 4788: 4786: 4784: 4782: 4780: 4778: 4776: 4473: 4409: 4345: 4336: 4322: 4313: 4304: 4295: 3986:. At Cerrejón, the coal is excavated from the 3287: 1641: 6813: 6729:Canadian Society for Petroleum Geology Memoir 5524: 5489: 5466: 5281: 5047: 5035: 5023: 5000: 4986: 4972: 4940: 4926: 4914: 4882: 4807: 4750: 4736: 4722: 4242: 3922:been analysed to be cemented and bearing low 415:flow through the basin, bearing their names. 58: 6726: 6702:Plancha 48 - La Jagua de Ibirico - 1:100,000 6648:: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( 6515:Cartografía geológica cuenca Cesar-Ranchería 6287:Hastings, Alexander K.; Bloch, Jonathan I.; 6240:Hastings, Alexander K.; Bloch, Jonathan I.; 5844: 5533: 5515: 5503: 5480: 5164: 5155: 5128: 5014: 4965: 4963: 4961: 4959: 4957: 4905: 4896: 4870: 4863: 4861: 4859: 4857: 4855: 4853: 4851: 4849: 4847: 4845: 4835: 4833: 4831: 4829: 4827: 4825: 4823: 4821: 4819: 4274: 4182: 4164: 3375:. The formation is time-equivalent with the 2319:fossiliferous stratigraphic unit of Colombia 1479:. The unconformities have been dated to the 771:between 27 and 42. Gas is produced from the 379:. It is located in the southern part of the 6022:Prospectividad de la cuenca Cesar-Ranchería 5857: 5845:Arias, Alfonso; Morales, Carlos J. (1994), 5673: 5236: 5218: 5182: 5056: 4773: 3990:and in La Francia from the time-equivalent 3413:), the Cesar-Ranchería Basin experienced a 433:, that also has provided several important 6820: 6806: 6699:Hernández, Marina; Clavijo, Jairo (2008), 5838: 5209: 4258: 4256: 4224: 4222: 4220: 4218: 4216: 4214: 4173: 3457:are dated to 280 to 250 Ma. The basin was 3307:The Cesar-Ranchería Basin is underlain by 1576:and was characterised by magmatism in the 1439:, followed by a compressive margin in the 752:of 3,538 metres (11,608 ft) into the 498:Petrocardium cerrejonense and P. wayuuorum 34: 6461: 6451: 5709: 4954: 4842: 4816: 4764: 4532:Official website Manaure Balcón del Cesar 4231: 4212: 4210: 4208: 4206: 4204: 4202: 4200: 4198: 4196: 4194: 3661: 1499:found all across northern South America. 6625:Plancha 34 - Agustín Codazzi - 1:100,000 5833: 5074: 3933: 3842: 3339:of the complex metamorphosed 1.5 to 1.0 3291: 2283: 2263: 2249: 2232: 2217: 2200: 2181: 2167: 2071: 2046: 2008: 1966: 1933: 1899: 1752: 1696: 1615: 1611: 1563: 1506: 1455:. Subsequently, the basin experienced a 1423:is influenced by the interaction of the 1414: 580: 572: 564: 549:The name of the basin is taken from the 540: 350: 4596:Official website Agustín Codazzi, Cesar 4468:Official website Villanueva, La Guajira 4253: 4133: 1502: 7330: 6767: 6484: 6478: 5776: 4436:Official website El Molino, La Guajira 4372:Official website Barrancas, La Guajira 4238:The 10 biggest coal mines in the world 4191: 3802: 1604:formations of the basin, most notably 238:11,668 km (4,505 sq mi) 6801: 6089: 3390:. The sediments were deposited in an 1427:, South American and Caribbean Plates 6742:"Global Basin Classification System" 5733:Cardeño Villegas et al., 2015, p.123 4660:Official website La Jagua de Ibirico 4564:Official website Pueblo Bello, Cesar 4420:Official website Fonseca, La Guajira 4356:Official website Albania, La Guajira 3851: 3770:of the Colombian Eastern Ranges and 81:Outline of the Cesar-Ranchería Basin 6681:Plancha 47 - Chiriguaná - 1:100,000 6113:Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 5941:10.18041/1909-2458/ingeniare.18.545 5858:Ayala Calvo, Rosa Carolina (2009), 5770:Universidad Industrial de Santander 5500:García González et al., 2007, p.307 5477:García González et al., 2007, p.303 4500:Official website La Jagua del Pilar 4452:Official website San Juan del Cesar 4145: 3838: 3319:was formed due to the collision of 1410: 13: 6792:10.1111/j.1747-5457.1980.tb00982.x 6720: 6656: 6589: 6426:Wing, Scott L.; Herrera, Fabiany; 6207:Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 5697:Hernández Pardo et al., 2009, p.54 5679:García González et al., 2007, p.16 5652:Hernández Pardo et al., 2009, p.28 5521:García González et al., 2007, p.68 5512:García González et al., 2007, p.75 5486:García González et al., 2007, p.77 5020:García González et al., 2007, p.67 4911:García González et al., 2007, p.78 4902:García González et al., 2007, p.79 4879:García González et al., 2007, p.83 3754:(around 90 Ma) characterised by a 3644: 3628: 3612: 3596: 3580: 3564: 3548: 3532: 3516: 3500: 3282: 2428: 1134: 898: 14: 7354: 5706:Geoestudios & ANH, 2006, p.94 4580:Official website San Diego, Cesar 4021:, shows the presence of 1.45% of 4017:A study published in 2015 on the 2324: 1559: 1470: 836: 399:in the west. The mountain ranges 331: 66:Location of the basin in Colombia 7316: 7305: 7304: 7208: 7199: 7190: 7181: 7172: 7163: 7154: 7145: 7136: 7127: 7118: 7109: 7100: 7091: 7082: 7073: 7064: 7055: 7046: 7037: 7028: 7019: 7010: 7003: 6314:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01092.x 6044:Universidad Nacional de Colombia 5980:10.1111/j.1365-3121.2010.00979.x 4266:Producción de carbón en Colombia 4081: 4067: 4053: 4039: 3954:List of mining areas in Colombia 3359:and contain abundant fossils of 2810:Psilabrevitricolpites marginatus 2675:M. franciscoi var. pachyexinatus 589:The Cesar-Ranchería Basin is an 149:Guajira-Barranquilla xeric scrub 75: 57: 50: 6579:Earth Sciences Research Journal 5739: 4628:Official website El Paso, Cesar 4170:Arias & Morales, 1994, p.11 2663:Gemmatus phanocolpites gemmatus 2296: 1661: 767:in the Papayal-1 well provided 672:reserves, excavated in several 426:. The coals are mined from the 40:View of Valledupar in the basin 7338:Sedimentary basins of Colombia 6828:Sedimentary basins of Colombia 6330:; Herrera, F.A.; Polly, P.D.; 6103:; Bloch, Jonathan I. (2012a), 4548:Official website La Paz, Cesar 3833:Bucaramanga-Santa Marta Faults 3686:of the Eastern Ranges and the 2786:Zonotricolpites cf. variabilis 2303:Lagerstãtte of the Honda Group 2285:Sierra Nevada Metamorphic Belt 1528:, leading to the formation of 736:fault, reactivated as oblique 569:Ranchería River in Distracción 560: 479:. Various genera of flora, as 16:Geologic formation in Colombia 1: 6485:Garzón, José William (2014), 5777:Garzón, José William (2014), 5107:Hastings et al., 2011, p.1095 4158: 3974:, and in the southwest, with 2971:Mauritildites protofranciscoi 2151:La Caja de Ahorros Ignimbrite 2133:3,950 m (12,960 ft) 1756:La Guajira calcareous complex 1668: 1535: 613:Bucaramanga-Santa Marta Fault 397:Bucaramanga-Santa Marta Fault 219:Bucaramanga-Santa Marta Fault 7245:Colombian Deep Pacific Basin 6771:Journal of Petroleum Geology 6275:10.1080/08912963.2014.918968 6134:10.1080/14772019.2011.569031 5688:Olshansky et al., 2007, p.83 5670:Olshansky et al., 2007, p.16 5091:Acherontisuchus guajiraensis 4708:Official website Chimichagua 4404:Official website Distracción 4292:Olshansky et al., 2007, p.13 4107:Geology of the Eastern Hills 3962:spanning the municipalities 3483:Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta 2705:Longapertites vaneenderburgi 2693:Foveotriletes cf. margaritae 2687:Psilatriatriletes guaduensis 2508:Stephania palaeosudamericana 2379:Acherontisuchus guajiraensis 2238:1,100 m (3,600 ft) 2141:S.N. de Santa Marta Sequence 2077:3,000 m (9,800 ft) 1905:1,686 m (5,531 ft) 1638:, to the west of the basin. 1198:1,200 m (3,900 ft) 602:Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta 536: 503:Stephania palaeosudamericana 458:Acherontisuchus guajiraensis 401:Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta 391:. The basin is bound by the 387:and northeastern portion of 207:Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta 7: 5278:Herrera et al., 2014, p.204 5269:Herrera et al., 2014, p.199 4676:Official website Chiriguaná 4516:Official website Valledupar 4102:Geology of the Ocetá Páramo 4032: 3495:Paleogeography of Colombia 3288:Paleozoic to Early Mesozoic 3118:Aguas Blancas Fm. 2905:Racemiguembelina fructicosa 2744:Globorotalia conicotruncana 2711:Retidiporites magdalenensis 2478:Menispermites cerrejonensis 2183:Sevilla Metamorphic Complex 1642:Intermontane foreland basin 661:. An important unit is the 485:Menispermites cerrejonensis 10: 7359: 6393:American Journal of Botany 5744: 5661:Cuéllar et al., 2012, p.77 5604:Wing et al., 2009, p.18629 5145:Cerrejonisuchus improcerus 4388:Official website Hatonuevo 4319:Vargas Jiménez, 2012, p.35 4179:Barrero et al., 2007, p.35 3951: 3941: 3762:of eastern Venezuela, the 3706:. The unit is the deepest 3398:, the last remnant of the 3315:, when the supercontinent 3106:Whiteinella archeocretacea 2869:Siphogenerinoides cretacea 2405:Cerrejonisuchus improcerus 2269:530 m (1,740 ft) 2221:500 m (1,600 ft) 2206:800 m (2,600 ft) 2019:350 m (1,150 ft) 1977:390 m (1,280 ft) 1848:350 m (1,150 ft) 1817:750 m (2,460 ft) 1731:600 m (2,000 ft) 1154:775 m (2,543 ft) 1133: 897: 887:320 m (1,050 ft) 577:Ranchería River in Fonseca 446:Cerrejonisuchus improcerus 7302: 7282: 7222: 6998: 6966: 6893: 6840: 6833: 6228:10.1080/02724631003621946 5869:Universidad Simón Bolívar 5613:Bayona et al., 2007, p.41 5568:Naafs et al., 2016, p.135 4692:Official website Curumaní 4644:Official website Becerril 4612:Official website Bosconia 4310:Mojica et al., 2009, p.18 4301:Mojica et al., 2009, p.17 3929: 3736:Kimmeridge Clay Formation 3494: 3264:Phricodrotis planoconvexa 3217:Río Cachirí Gp. 2995:Proxapertites operculatus 2923:Pseudoguembelina excolata 2826: 2792:Proxapertites opercutatus 2721: 2681:Ctenolophonidites lisamae 2657:Proxapertites operculatus 2496:Petrocardium cerrejonense 2415: 2371: 2348: 2271: 2188: 2110: 2101: 2066: 759:. Oil extracted from the 395:in the northeast and the 337: 325: 309: 297: 285: 270: 265: 247: 242: 234: 224: 202: 194: 189: 179: 165: 155: 139: 125: 86: 74: 45: 33: 26: 21: 6914:Eastern Cordillera Basin 5053:Head et al., 2009, p.717 4484:Official website Urumita 4138: 3994:. Coal is also mined in 3756:maximum flooding surface 3675:depositional environment 3467:Early to Middle Jurassic 3388:Altiplano Cundiboyacense 3246:Fenestella venezuelansis 3193:Orbitolina conica texana 3100:Perinoceras aff. moureti 3007:Spiniferites cf. ramosus 2977:Psilatriletes guaduensis 2965:Foveotriletes margaritae 2935:Globotruncana aegyptiaca 2893:Globorotruncanita conica 2881:Abathomphalus mayorensis 2845:G. caniculata ventricosa 2774:Psilatriletes guaduensis 2669:Mauritidlites franciscoi 2052:200 m (660 ft) 1939:100 m (330 ft) 1879:135 m (443 ft) 1759:270 m (890 ft) 1374:112 m (367 ft) 1330:150 m (490 ft) 1308:200 m (660 ft) 1264:200 m (660 ft) 1242:131 m (430 ft) 1220:180 m (590 ft) 1176:165 m (541 ft) 1146:Manaure Balcón del Cesar 1120:168 m (551 ft) 1094:223 m (732 ft) 1072:255 m (837 ft) 1050:250 m (820 ft) 1028:250 m (820 ft) 1006:240 m (790 ft) 984:11.8 m (39 ft) 461:, and the large turtles 6949:Middle Magdalena Valley 6614: 6453:10.1073/pnas.0905130106 6160:Journal of Paleontology 5839:Cesar-Ranchería general 5540:Paleomap Scotese 356 Ma 5226:Puentemys mushaisaensis 5199:Cerrejonemys wayuunaiki 5118:Anthracosuchus balrogus 5064:Titanoboa cerrejonensis 4119:Middle Magdalena Valley 3866:Middle Magdalena Basins 3437:in the Late Permian to 3417:with the deposition of 3394:sea at the edge of the 3302:by Stampfli & Borel 3205:Marginotruncana sinuosa 2959:Echimonocolpites ruedae 2839:Globotruncana fornicata 2768:Fovetriletes margaritae 2456:Puentemys mushaisaensis 2443:Cerrejonemys wayuunaiki 2392:Anthracosuchus balrogus 2361:Titanoboa cerrejonensis 1973:Aguas Blancas Formation 1786:75 m (246 ft) 1396:49 m (161 ft) 1352:40 m (130 ft) 1286:36 m (118 ft) 962:65 m (213 ft) 940:50 m (160 ft) 918:40 m (130 ft) 757:Aguas Blancas Formation 710:Lower Magdalena Valleys 621:Middle Magdalena Valley 523:Middle Magdalena Valley 476:Cerrejonemys wayuunaiki 470:Puentemys mushaisaensis 452:Anthracosuchus balrogus 440:Titanoboa cerrejonensis 7252:Guajira Offshore Basin 6956:Upper Magdalena Valley 6942:Lower Magdalena Valley 6870:Sinú-San Jacinto Basin 6196:; Bloch, Jonathan I.; 6149:; Bloch, Jonathan I.; 3978:in the municipalities 3939: 3848: 3662:Early to Late Mesozoic 3649: 3633: 3617: 3601: 3585: 3569: 3553: 3537: 3521: 3505: 3304: 2953:Echitriporites suescae 2490:Montrichardia aquatica 2433: 2218:Carboniferous sequence 2094:Los Tábanos Rhyodacite 1700:15 m (49 ft) 1697:Alluvial conglomerates 1621: 1569: 1512: 1428: 1139: 903: 586: 578: 570: 546: 493:Montrichardia aquatica 369:Cuenca Cesar-Ranchería 368: 356: 229:Andean foreland basins 28:Cuenca Cesar-Ranchería 7343:Cesar–Ranchería Basin 7273:Tumaco Offshore Basin 6987:Vaupés-Amazonas Basin 6975:Caguán-Putumayo Basin 6908:Cesar-Ranchería Basin 6382:Herrera, Fabiany A.; 6099:; Ksepka, Daniel T.; 5834:Cesar-Ranchería Basin 5161:Hastings et al., 2010 5134:Hastings et al., 2014 4719:Ayala, 2009, pp.15-17 4010:mining was active in 3992:Los Cuervos Formation 3937: 3896:Vitrinite reflectance 3846: 3790:of the Maracaibo and 3774:respectively and the 3738:of the basins of the 3648: 3632: 3616: 3600: 3584: 3568: 3552: 3536: 3520: 3504: 3295: 3145:Choffatella decipiens 3031:La Luna Fm. 2887:Guembelitria cretacea 2816:Ctenolophonidites sp. 2699:Psilamonocolpites sp. 2514:Ulmoidicarpum tupperi 2472:Aerofructus dillhoffi 2432: 2317:, the most important 2146:Los Clavos Ignimbrite 1619: 1612:Compressive margin II 1567: 1510: 1418: 1138: 902: 584: 576: 568: 544: 507:Ulmoidicarpum tupperi 481:Aerofructus dillhoffi 435:paleontological finds 361:Cesar-Ranchería Basin 354: 22:Cesar-Ranchería Basin 7231:Chocó Offshore Basin 6428:Jaramillo, Carlos A. 6384:Jaramillo, Carlos A. 6289:Jaramillo, Carlos A. 6242:Jaramillo, Carlos A. 6198:Jaramillo, Carlos A. 6151:Jaramillo, Carlos A. 6101:Jaramillo, Carlos A. 5260:Herrera et al., 2008 5251:Herrera et al., 2011 5242:Cadena et al., 2012b 5188:Cadena et al., 2012a 4151:2017 population data 4134:Notes and references 4025:, present mainly in 3908:Lagunitas Formations 3788:Mito Juan Formations 3734:, comparable to the 3732:Total Organic Carbon 3696:Rosablanca Formation 3228:Acrospirifer olssoni 3064:Prothocantoceras sp. 2851:Globigerina cretacea 2750:Globigerina eugubina 2581:Monocotyledoneae sp. 2164:Mid to Late Triassic 1875:Hato Nuevo Formation 1678:Ranchería Sub-basin 1554:Lagunitas Formations 1503:Compressive margin I 765:Lagunitas Formations 716:in the west and the 690:South American Plate 654:rocks, underlain by 635:flowing towards the 7266:Sinú Offshore Basin 6784:1980JPetG...3..187K 6444:2009PNAS..10618627W 6438:(44): 18627–18632, 6406:10.3732/ajb.0800172 6362:10.1038/nature07671 6354:2009Natur.457..715H 6267:2015HBio...27..998H 6220:2010JVPal..30..367C 6173:2012JPal...86..688C 6126:2012JSPal..10..313C 6071:Boletín de Geología 6002:Boletín de Geología 5903:Geología Colombiana 5215:Cadena et al., 2010 5172:Carbonemys cofrinii 4097:Geology of Colombia 4089:Paleontology portal 4019:La Quinta Formation 4004:La Jagua de Ibirico 3803:Paleogene to recent 3760:Querecual Formation 3668:La Quinta Formation 3433:. The formation of 3407:Early Carboniferous 3258:Composita subtilita 2911:Heferohelix striata 2899:Gansserina gansseri 2857:Gumbelina globulosa 2423:Carbonemys cofrinii 2073:La Quinta Formation 2048:Río Negro Formation 2015:Lagunitas Formation 1844:Manantial Formation 1834:Early-Mid Paleocene 1656:Serranía del Perijá 1578:Sierra de San Lucas 1489:Early Carboniferous 1322:La Jagua de Ibirico 598:Serranía del Perijá 464:Carbonemys cofrinii 405:Serranía del Perijá 106: /  6254:Historical Biology 6181:10.1666/11-128R1.1 6090:Cerrejón Formation 5882:2021-12-06 at the 5457:Cerrejón FH0705-12 4342:Garzón, 2014, p.10 4333:Garzón, 2014, p.14 3988:Cerrejón Formation 3940: 3938:Mining in Cerrejón 3849: 3776:Celendín Formation 3768:Gachetá Formations 3684:Tibasosa Formation 3650: 3634: 3618: 3602: 3586: 3570: 3554: 3538: 3522: 3506: 3415:regressional phase 3396:Paleo-Tethys Ocean 3353:Caledonian orogeny 3305: 3298:Paleo-Tethys Ocean 3199:Heterohelix reussi 3181:?Montelliceras sp. 3157:Pseudosaynella sp. 2983:Araucariacites sp. 2723:Manantial Fm. 2621:Sterculioideae sp. 2553:Elaeocarpaceae sp. 2525:Amaryllidaceae sp. 2434: 2112:Early-Mid Jurassic 1870:Delicias Formation 1813:Cerrejón Formation 1799:Mid-Late Paleocene 1684:Petroleum geology 1681:Maximum thickness 1622: 1570: 1513: 1429: 1140: 1086:La Jagua del Pilar 1020:San Juan del Cesar 904: 714:Sinú-Jacinto Basin 666:Cerrejón Formation 587: 579: 571: 547: 431:Cerrejón Formation 422:of Latin America, 357: 7325: 7324: 6996: 6995: 6856:Cauca-Patía Basin 6479:Petroleum geology 6400:(12): 1569–1583, 6348:(7230): 715–718, 5891:Jaramillo, Carlos 5808:Nature Geoscience 5719:Producción de oro 5643:Ayala, 2009, p.66 5631:Ayala, 2009, p.74 5622:Ayala, 2009, p.73 5595:Ayala, 2009, p.65 5586:Ayala, 2009, p.64 5577:Ayala, 2009, p.28 5559:Ayala, 2009, p.25 5550:Ayala, 2009, p.21 5530:Ayala, 2009, p.18 5287:Wing et al., 2009 5080:Head et al., 2009 5044:Ayala, 2009. p.19 5032:Ayala, 2009, p.20 5011:Ayala, 2009, p.22 4997:Ayala, 2009. p.23 4983:Ayala, 2009, p.24 4951:Ayala, 2009, p.26 4937:Ayala, 2009, p.27 4923:Ayala, 2009, p.29 4893:Ayala, 2009. p.30 4813:Ayala, 2009. p.34 4761:Ayala, 2009, p.17 4747:Ayala, 2009, p.16 4733:Ayala, 2009, p.15 4280:Ayala, 2009, p.11 4188:Ayala, 2009, p.13 3852:Petroleum geology 3659: 3658: 3477:, sandstones and 3313:Grenville orogeny 3280: 3279: 3252:Neospirifer latus 3076:Cloleopoceras sp. 3070:Eucalycoceras sp. 3013:Achomosphaera sp. 2798:P. maracaiboensis 2738:Rzehakina epigona 2557:Euphorbiaceae sp. 2549:Dicotyledonae sp. 2529:Anacardiaceae sp. 2350:Cerrejón Fm. 2294: 2293: 2234:Río Cachirí Group 2202:Manaure Formation 2127:Macoíta Formation 2122:Tinacoa Formation 1935:La Luna Formation 1526:Hercynian orogeny 1520:of the Colombian 1421:North Andes Plate 1408: 1407: 373:sedimentary basin 349: 348: 110:10.450°N 73.250°W 7350: 7320: 7308: 7307: 7297: 7296:. pp. 1–92. 7274: 7267: 7260: 7253: 7246: 7239: 7232: 7212: 7203: 7194: 7185: 7176: 7167: 7158: 7149: 7140: 7131: 7122: 7113: 7104: 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Formation 3655: 3639: 3623: 3607: 3591: 3575: 3559: 3543: 3527: 3511: 3492: 3491: 3384:Cuche Formations 3303: 3175:Acanthoceras sp. 3151:Cheloniceras sp. 3139:Exogyra toxaster 3082:Baroisiceras sp. 3046:Neoptychites sp. 2989:Rugutriletes sp. 2630:Zingiberales sp. 2616:Stenochlaena sp. 2596:Pteridophyta sp. 2329: 2328: 2265:Perijá Formation 1901:Molino Formation 1782:Tabaco Formation 1722:Cuesta Formation 1675:Cesar Sub-basin 1669: 1627:Lisama Formation 1580:in the northern 1411:Tectonic history 865: 858: 848: 841: 840: 829: 828: 819: 818: 809: 808: 801:coal bed methane 795: 794: 785: 784: 668:, hosting major 555:Ranchería Rivers 527:coal bed methane 413:Ranchería Rivers 375:in northeastern 134:Ranchería Rivers 121: 120: 118: 117: 116: 111: 107: 104: 103: 102: 99: 79: 61: 60: 54: 38: 19: 18: 7358: 7357: 7353: 7352: 7351: 7349: 7348: 7347: 7328: 7327: 7326: 7321: 7298: 7278: 7272: 7265: 7259:Los Cayos Basin 7258: 7251: 7244: 7237: 7230: 7218: 7217: 7216: 7215: 7214: 7213: 7205: 7204: 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6483: 6482: 6473: 6469: 6464: 6459: 6454: 6449: 6445: 6441: 6437: 6433: 6429: 6424: 6415: 6411: 6407: 6403: 6399: 6395: 6394: 6389: 6385: 6380: 6371: 6367: 6363: 6359: 6355: 6351: 6347: 6343: 6342: 6337: 6333: 6329: 6324: 6315: 6311: 6308:: 1095–1116, 6307: 6303: 6302: 6301:Palaeontology 6294: 6290: 6285: 6276: 6272: 6268: 6264: 6260: 6256: 6255: 6247: 6243: 6238: 6229: 6225: 6221: 6217: 6213: 6209: 6208: 6203: 6199: 6195: 6191: 6182: 6178: 6174: 6170: 6166: 6162: 6161: 6156: 6152: 6148: 6144: 6135: 6131: 6127: 6123: 6119: 6115: 6114: 6106: 6102: 6098: 6094: 6093: 6077: 6073: 6072: 6064: 6059: 6049: 6045: 6038: 6037: 6031: 6027: 6023: 6018: 6008: 6004: 6003: 5995: 5990: 5981: 5977: 5973: 5969: 5968: 5960: 5956: 5955:Jaramillo, C. 5951: 5942: 5938: 5934: 5930: 5929: 5924: 5919: 5909: 5905: 5904: 5896: 5892: 5887: 5885: 5881: 5870: 5863: 5862: 5856: 5852: 5848: 5843: 5842: 5822: 5818: 5814: 5810: 5809: 5804: 5799: 5789: 5782: 5781: 5775: 5771: 5767: 5762: 5758: 5754: 5749: 5748: 5730: 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4030: 4028: 4024: 4020: 4015: 4013: 4009: 4005: 4001: 3997: 3993: 3989: 3985: 3981: 3977: 3973: 3969: 3965: 3961: 3955: 3949: 3945: 3936: 3927: 3925: 3920: 3919:fission track 3917: 3913: 3909: 3905: 3904:Aguas Blancas 3901: 3897: 3893: 3891: 3881: 3871: 3867: 3863: 3859: 3845: 3836: 3834: 3830: 3824: 3821: 3820: 3815: 3810: 3800: 3797: 3793: 3789: 3785: 3781: 3777: 3773: 3769: 3765: 3761: 3757: 3753: 3749: 3745: 3741: 3737: 3733: 3729: 3724: 3722: 3719: 3714: 3709: 3705: 3701: 3697: 3693: 3689: 3685: 3680: 3676: 3673: 3669: 3652: 3647: 3643: 3642: 3636: 3631: 3627: 3626: 3620: 3615: 3611: 3610: 3604: 3599: 3595: 3594: 3588: 3583: 3579: 3578: 3572: 3567: 3563: 3562: 3556: 3551: 3547: 3546: 3540: 3535: 3531: 3530: 3524: 3519: 3515: 3514: 3508: 3503: 3499: 3498: 3493: 3490: 3488: 3484: 3481:found in the 3480: 3476: 3472: 3468: 3464: 3460: 3456: 3452: 3448: 3444: 3440: 3436: 3432: 3431:conglomerates 3428: 3427:Early Permian 3424: 3420: 3416: 3412: 3411:Pennsylvanian 3408: 3403: 3401: 3397: 3393: 3389: 3385: 3381: 3378: 3377:fossiliferous 3374: 3370: 3366: 3362: 3358: 3354: 3350: 3346: 3342: 3341:billion years 3338: 3334: 3330: 3326: 3322: 3318: 3314: 3310: 3299: 3294: 3276: 3274: 3272: 3271: 3266: 3265: 3260: 3259: 3254: 3253: 3248: 3247: 3242: 3241: 3236: 3235: 3230: 3229: 3225: 3223: 3220: 3218: 3215: 3214: 3211: 3209: 3207: 3206: 3201: 3200: 3195: 3194: 3189: 3188: 3183: 3182: 3177: 3176: 3171: 3170: 3165: 3164: 3163:Dufrenoya sp. 3159: 3158: 3153: 3152: 3147: 3146: 3141: 3140: 3135: 3134: 3133:Ostrea scyfax 3130: 3128: 3124: 3121: 3119: 3116: 3115: 3112: 3110: 3108: 3107: 3102: 3101: 3096: 3095: 3090: 3089: 3088:Baculites sp. 3084: 3083: 3078: 3077: 3072: 3071: 3066: 3065: 3060: 3059: 3054: 3053: 3048: 3047: 3043: 3041: 3037: 3034: 3032: 3029: 3028: 3025: 3023: 3021: 3020: 3015: 3014: 3009: 3008: 3003: 3002: 2997: 2996: 2991: 2990: 2985: 2984: 2979: 2978: 2973: 2972: 2967: 2966: 2961: 2960: 2955: 2954: 2950: 2948: 2945: 2944: 2941: 2939: 2937: 2936: 2931: 2930: 2925: 2924: 2919: 2918: 2913: 2912: 2907: 2906: 2901: 2900: 2895: 2894: 2889: 2888: 2883: 2882: 2877: 2876: 2875:S. bramlettei 2871: 2870: 2865: 2864: 2859: 2858: 2853: 2852: 2847: 2846: 2841: 2840: 2836: 2834: 2831: 2829: 2825: 2822: 2820: 2818: 2817: 2812: 2811: 2806: 2805: 2800: 2799: 2794: 2793: 2788: 2787: 2782: 2781: 2776: 2775: 2770: 2769: 2765: 2763: 2760: 2759: 2756: 2754: 2752: 2751: 2746: 2745: 2740: 2739: 2735: 2733: 2730: 2728: 2724: 2720: 2717: 2715: 2713: 2712: 2707: 2706: 2701: 2700: 2695: 2694: 2689: 2688: 2683: 2682: 2677: 2676: 2671: 2670: 2665: 2664: 2659: 2658: 2654: 2652: 2649: 2648: 2636: 2634: 2632: 2631: 2626: 2625:Violaceae sp. 2622: 2618: 2617: 2612: 2608: 2607: 2602: 2598: 2597: 2592: 2591: 2586: 2582: 2578: 2577:Meliaceae sp. 2574: 2570: 2569:Malvaceae sp. 2566: 2565:Lauraceae sp. 2562: 2558: 2554: 2550: 2546: 2545:Arecaceae sp. 2542: 2538: 2534: 2530: 2526: 2522: 2521: 2516: 2515: 2510: 2509: 2504: 2503: 2498: 2497: 2492: 2491: 2486: 2485: 2480: 2479: 2474: 2473: 2469: 2466: 2465: 2462: 2460: 2458: 2457: 2453: 2452: 2449: 2447: 2445: 2444: 2440: 2439: 2436: 2431: 2427: 2425: 2424: 2420: 2418: 2414: 2411: 2409: 2407: 2406: 2402: 2401: 2398: 2396: 2394: 2393: 2389: 2388: 2385: 2383: 2381: 2380: 2376: 2374: 2370: 2367: 2365: 2363: 2362: 2358: 2356: 2353: 2351: 2347: 2343: 2340: 2337: 2334: 2331: 2330: 2322: 2320: 2316: 2312: 2308: 2304: 2290: 2288: 2286: 2281: 2278: 2277: 2274: 2268: 2266: 2261: 2257: 2254: 2253: 2247: 2244: 2243: 2240: 2237: 2235: 2230: 2227: 2226: 2223: 2220: 2215: 2214:Carboniferous 2212: 2211: 2208: 2205: 2203: 2198: 2197:Early Permian 2195: 2194: 2191: 2186: 2184: 2179: 2175: 2172: 2171: 2165: 2162: 2161: 2158: 2156: 2154: 2152: 2147: 2142: 2139: 2138: 2135: 2132: 2130: 2128: 2123: 2118: 2115: 2113: 2109: 2106: 2104: 2099: 2097: 2095: 2091: 2088: 2087: 2081: 2079: 2076: 2074: 2069: 2068:Late Jurassic 2065: 2059: 2057: 2054: 2051: 2049: 2044: 2040: 2037: 2036: 2030: 2028: 2024: 2021: 2018: 2016: 2011: 2006: 2002: 1999: 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Permian 1490: 1486: 1482: 1478: 1468: 1466: 1462: 1458: 1454: 1450: 1447:, a phase of 1446: 1442: 1438: 1434: 1426: 1422: 1417: 1404: 1399: 1394: 1391: 1389: 1386: 1385: 1382: 1377: 1372: 1369: 1367: 1364: 1363: 1360: 1355: 1350: 1347: 1345: 1342: 1341: 1338: 1333: 1328: 1325: 1323: 1320: 1319: 1316: 1311: 1306: 1303: 1301: 1298: 1297: 1294: 1289: 1284: 1281: 1279: 1276: 1275: 1272: 1267: 1262: 1259: 1257: 1254: 1253: 1250: 1245: 1240: 1237: 1235: 1232: 1231: 1228: 1223: 1218: 1215: 1213: 1210: 1209: 1206: 1201: 1196: 1193: 1191: 1188: 1187: 1184: 1179: 1174: 1171: 1169: 1166: 1165: 1162: 1157: 1152: 1149: 1147: 1144: 1143: 1137: 1128: 1123: 1118: 1116: 1113: 1111: 1110: 1106: 1105: 1102: 1097: 1092: 1089: 1087: 1084: 1083: 1080: 1075: 1070: 1067: 1065: 1062: 1061: 1058: 1053: 1048: 1045: 1043: 1040: 1039: 1036: 1031: 1026: 1023: 1021: 1018: 1017: 1014: 1009: 1004: 1001: 999: 996: 995: 992: 987: 982: 979: 977: 974: 973: 970: 965: 960: 957: 955: 952: 951: 948: 943: 938: 935: 933: 930: 929: 926: 921: 916: 913: 911: 908: 907: 901: 895: 890: 885: 883: 880: 878: 875: 874: 870: 867: 860: 853: 850: 843: 842: 834: 832: 822: 812: 802: 798: 788: 778: 774: 770: 769:API gravities 766: 762: 758: 755: 751: 745: 743: 739: 738:reverse fault 735: 731: 727: 723: 719: 715: 711: 707: 703: 699: 696:. During the 695: 691: 686: 684: 679: 675: 671: 667: 664: 660: 657: 653: 649: 644: 642: 638: 637:Caribbean Sea 634: 630: 626: 622: 618: 617:Guajira Basin 614: 610: 607: 603: 599: 595: 592: 583: 575: 567: 558: 556: 552: 543: 534: 532: 528: 524: 520: 515: 512: 508: 504: 500: 499: 494: 490: 486: 482: 478: 477: 472: 471: 466: 465: 460: 459: 454: 453: 448: 447: 442: 441: 436: 432: 429: 425: 421: 416: 414: 410: 406: 402: 398: 394: 390: 386: 382: 378: 374: 370: 366: 362: 353: 345: 342: 340: 336: 333: 330: 328: 324: 321: 317: 314: 312: 308: 305: 302: 300: 296: 293: 290: 288: 284: 281: 278: 275: 273: 269: 264: 261: 257: 253: 250: 246: 241: 237: 233: 230: 227: 223: 220: 216: 212: 208: 205: 201: 197: 193: 188: 185: 182: 178: 175: 171: 168: 164: 161: 158: 154: 150: 145: 142: 138: 135: 131: 128: 124: 119: 91: 89: 85: 78: 73: 53: 44: 37: 32: 29: 25: 20: 7289: 6981:Llanos Basin 6920:Bogotá Basin 6907: 6877:Tumaco Basin 6775: 6769: 6759:, retrieved 6754: 6748: 6732: 6728: 6711:, retrieved 6701: 6690:, retrieved 6680: 6669:, retrieved 6659: 6634:, retrieved 6624: 6605:, retrieved 6592: 6582: 6578: 6568:, retrieved 6555: 6544:, retrieved 6531: 6514: 6500:, retrieved 6487: 6435: 6431: 6417:, retrieved 6397: 6391: 6373:, retrieved 6345: 6339: 6328:Cadena, E.A. 6317:, retrieved 6305: 6299: 6278:, retrieved 6258: 6252: 6231:, retrieved 6211: 6205: 6184:, retrieved 6164: 6158: 6137:, retrieved 6117: 6111: 6080:, retrieved 6075: 6069: 6052:, retrieved 6035: 6021: 6011:, retrieved 6006: 6000: 5983:, retrieved 5971: 5965: 5944:, retrieved 5932: 5926: 5912:, retrieved 5907: 5901: 5873:, retrieved 5860: 5846: 5824:, retrieved 5812: 5806: 5792:, retrieved 5779: 5765: 5752: 5740:Bibliography 5729: 5716:(in Spanish) 5711: 5702: 5693: 5684: 5675: 5666: 5657: 5648: 5627: 5618: 5609: 5600: 5591: 5582: 5573: 5564: 5555: 5546: 5535: 5526: 5517: 5482: 5452: 5436: 5420: 5404: 5388: 5372: 5356: 5340: 5324: 5308: 5292: 5283: 5274: 5265: 5256: 5247: 5238: 5225: 5220: 5211: 5198: 5193: 5184: 5171: 5166: 5157: 5144: 5139: 5130: 5117: 5112: 5103: 5090: 5085: 5076: 5063: 5058: 5049: 5016: 4907: 4898: 4809: 4766: 4715: 4704:(in Spanish) 4699: 4688:(in Spanish) 4683: 4672:(in Spanish) 4667: 4656:(in Spanish) 4651: 4640:(in Spanish) 4635: 4624:(in Spanish) 4619: 4608:(in Spanish) 4603: 4592:(in Spanish) 4587: 4576:(in Spanish) 4571: 4560:(in Spanish) 4555: 4544:(in Spanish) 4539: 4528:(in Spanish) 4523: 4512:(in Spanish) 4507: 4496:(in Spanish) 4491: 4480:(in Spanish) 4475: 4464:(in Spanish) 4459: 4448:(in Spanish) 4443: 4432:(in Spanish) 4427: 4416:(in Spanish) 4411: 4400:(in Spanish) 4395: 4384:(in Spanish) 4379: 4368:(in Spanish) 4363: 4352:(in Spanish) 4347: 4338: 4315: 4306: 4297: 4276: 4263:(in Spanish) 4244: 4233: 4184: 4175: 4166: 4147: 4016: 3957: 3894: 3889: 3879: 3855: 3825: 3817: 3806: 3772:Llanos Basin 3725: 3721:anoxic event 3665: 3451:greenschists 3447:amphibolites 3404: 3306: 3268: 3262: 3256: 3250: 3244: 3238: 3232: 3226: 3203: 3197: 3191: 3185: 3179: 3173: 3167: 3161: 3155: 3149: 3143: 3137: 3131: 3127:foraminifera 3104: 3098: 3094:Tissotis sp. 3092: 3086: 3080: 3074: 3068: 3062: 3056: 3050: 3044: 3040:foraminifera 3017: 3011: 3005: 2999: 2993: 2987: 2981: 2975: 2969: 2963: 2957: 2951: 2933: 2927: 2921: 2915: 2909: 2903: 2897: 2891: 2885: 2879: 2873: 2867: 2861: 2855: 2849: 2843: 2837: 2833:Foraminifera 2814: 2808: 2802: 2796: 2790: 2784: 2778: 2772: 2766: 2748: 2742: 2736: 2732:Foraminifera 2709: 2703: 2697: 2691: 2685: 2679: 2673: 2667: 2661: 2655: 2628: 2614: 2606:Salvinia sp. 2604: 2594: 2588: 2585:Moraceae sp. 2561:Fabaceae sp. 2518: 2512: 2506: 2502:P. wayuuorum 2500: 2494: 2488: 2482: 2476: 2470: 2454: 2441: 2421: 2403: 2390: 2377: 2373:Crocodylians 2359: 2300: 2297:Paleontology 2178:Late Permian 1804:La Jagua Fm. 1713:Late Miocene 1665: 1662:Stratigraphy 1648:Llanos Basin 1645: 1623: 1571: 1547: 1539: 1514: 1474: 1441:Late Permian 1430: 1190:Pueblo Bello 1107: 844:Municipality 830: 820: 810: 796: 786: 746: 730:Early Eocene 687: 645: 611:, 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Index


Map showing the location of Cesar-Ranchería Basin

Coordinates
10°27′N 73°15′W / 10.450°N 73.250°W / 10.450; -73.250
Cesar
Ranchería Rivers
Caribbean
Guajira-Barranquilla xeric scrub
Colombia
Cesar
La Guajira
Valledupar
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Oca Fault
Venezuela
Bucaramanga-Santa Marta Fault
Andean foreland basins
Cesar
Ranchería
Guatapurí
Basin type
Intermontane
foreland basin
Plate
North Andes
Orogeny
Andean
Age
Jurassic

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