The Bucaramanga–Santa Marta Fault or Bucaramanga–Santa Marta fault system is a major oblique transpressional sinistral strike-slip fault in the departments of Magdalena, Cesar, Norte de Santander and
View of the Bucaramanga Fault along Bucaramanga
View of the Bucaramanga section of the fault east of Floridablanca, Santander
Coiba & Malpelo Plates and major seismic faults of Colombia
Chibcha terrane
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The Chibcha terrane, named after Chibcha, is the largest of the geological provinces of Colombia. The terrane, the oldest explored domains of which date to the Meso- to Neoproterozoic, is situated on
Bucaramanga–Santa Marta Fault
…terranes of the North Andes plate; the La Guajira, Caribbean and Tahamí terranes along the Santa Marta section and intraterrane movement in the Andean Chibcha terrane. Studies of the fault segments have shown the fault was active in the pre-Columbian era, around the year 1020, when the area around Bucaramanga was…
The Chibcha terrane stretches out across the Eastern Ranges, but also includes the Serranía de San Lucas to the west and triangular Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta to the north
The triangular Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, east and south of Santa Marta is bound to the west by the Santa Marta Fault (BSF) and to the north by the Oca Fault. The Cesar-Ranchería Basin is visible on the lower right.