Regadera Formation
| Regadera Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Middle to Late Eocene ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Underlies | Usme Fm., Tilatá Fm. |
| Overlies | Bogotá Formation |
| Thickness | up to 756 metres (2,480 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone, conglomerate |
| Other | Shale |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 4°23′30.8″N 74°08′26.3″W / 4.391889°N 74.140639°W |
| Region | Bogotá savanna, Altiplano Cundiboyacense Eastern Ranges, Andes |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Type section | |
| Named for | La Regadera Reservoir |
| Named by | Julivert |
| Location | Usme, Bogotá |
| Year defined | 1963 |
| Coordinates | 4°23′30.8″N 74°08′26.3″W / 4.391889°N 74.140639°W |
| Region | Cundinamarca |
| Country | Colombia |
 Paleogeography of Northern South America 50 Ma, by Ron Blakey | |
The Regadera Formation (Spanish: Formación Regadera, E2r, Tpr) is a geological formation of the Bogotá savanna, Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The predominantly sandstone and conglomeratic formation, with pink shale beds intercalated, dates to the Paleogene period; Middle to Late Eocene epoch, and has a maximum thickness of 765 metres (2,510 ft).
Etymology
[edit]The formation was first described by Hubach in 1931 as part of the Usme Formation and redefined and named in 1963 by Julivert after the La Regadera Reservoir.[1]
Description
[edit]Lithologies
[edit]The Regadera Formation consists mainly of quartz arenitic sandstone and conglomerates with some shale beds.[1][2]
Stratigraphy and depositional environment
[edit]The Regadera Formation overlies the Bogotá Formation and is overlain by the Usme and Tilatá Formations. The age has been estimated, based on palynological data of Echitriporites trianguliformis var. orbicularis, Nothofagidites sp. and Multiporopollenites pauciporatus, to be Middle to Late Eocene.[3] The depositional environment has been interpreted as a braided river setting.[4]
Outcrops
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The Regadera Formation is apart from its type locality in the synclinal of Usme, the valley of the Tunjuelo River, found in the synclinal of Sisga.[1] In the Tunjuelo River valley, the Regadera Formations is present in the escarpments on the river banks.[5]
Regional correlations
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- Legend
- group
- important formation
- fossiliferous formation
- minor formation
- (age in Ma)
- proximal Llanos (Medina)[note 1]
- distal Llanos (Saltarin 1A well)[note 2]
See also
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Notes and references
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Jump up to: a b c Montoya & Reyes, 2005, p.60
- ^ Bayona et al., 2010, p.5
- ^ Montoya & Reyes, 2005, p.64
- ^ Bayona et al., 2010, p.7
- ^ Bayona et al., 2010, p.11
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f García González et al., 2009, p.27
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f García González et al., 2009, p.50
- ^ Jump up to: a b García González et al., 2009, p.85
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j Barrero et al., 2007, p.60
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h Barrero et al., 2007, p.58
- ^ Plancha 111, 2001, p.29
- ^ Jump up to: a b Plancha 177, 2015, p.39
- ^ Jump up to: a b Plancha 111, 2001, p.26
- ^ Plancha 111, 2001, p.24
- ^ Plancha 111, 2001, p.23
- ^ Jump up to: a b Pulido & Gómez, 2001, p.32
- ^ Pulido & Gómez, 2001, p.30
- ^ Jump up to: a b Pulido & Gómez, 2001, pp.21-26
- ^ Pulido & Gómez, 2001, p.28
- ^ Correa Martínez et al., 2019, p.49
- ^ Plancha 303, 2002, p.27
- ^ Terraza et al., 2008, p.22
- ^ Plancha 229, 2015, pp.46-55
- ^ Plancha 303, 2002, p.26
- ^ Moreno Sánchez et al., 2009, p.53
- ^ Mantilla Figueroa et al., 2015, p.43
- ^ Manosalva Sánchez et al., 2017, p.84
- ^ Jump up to: a b Plancha 303, 2002, p.24
- ^ Jump up to: a b Mantilla Figueroa et al., 2015, p.42
- ^ Arango Mejía et al., 2012, p.25
- ^ Plancha 350, 2011, p.49
- ^ Pulido & Gómez, 2001, pp.17-21
- ^ Plancha 111, 2001, p.13
- ^ Plancha 303, 2002, p.23
- ^ Plancha 348, 2015, p.38
- ^ Planchas 367-414, 2003, p.35
- ^ Toro Toro et al., 2014, p.22
- ^ Plancha 303, 2002, p.21
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Bonilla et al., 2016, p.19
- ^ Gómez Tapias et al., 2015, p.209
- ^ Jump up to: a b Bonilla et al., 2016, p.22
- ^ Jump up to: a b Duarte et al., 2019
- ^ García González et al., 2009
- ^ Pulido & Gómez, 2001
- ^ García González et al., 2009, p.60
Bibliography
[edit]- Bayona, Germán; Montenegro, Omar; Cardona, Agustín; Jaramillo, Carlos; Lamus, Felipe; Morón, Sara; Quiroz, Luiz; Ruíz, María C.; Valencia and Mauricio Parra, Victor (2010), "Estratigrafía, procedencia, subsidencia y exhumación de las unidades paleógenas en el Sinclinal de Usme, sur de la zona axial de la Cordillera Oriental - Stratigraphy, provenance, subsidence and exhumation of the Paleogene succession in the Usme Syncline, southern axial zone of the Eastern Cordillera" (PDF), Geología Colombiana, 35: 5–35, retrieved 2017-03-16
- Montoya Arenas, Diana María; Reyes Torres, Germán Alfonso (2005), Geología de la Sabana de Bogotá, INGEOMINAS, pp. 1–104
Maps
[edit]- Fuquen M., Jaime A; Osorno M, José F. (2009), Plancha 190 - Chiquinquirá - 1:100,000, INGEOMINAS, p. 1, retrieved 2017-06-06
- Ulloa, Carlos; Acosta, Jorge (1998), Plancha 208 - Villeta - 1:100,000, INGEOMINAS, p. 1, retrieved 2017-06-06
- Montoya, Diana María; Reyes, Germán (2009), Plancha 209 - Zipaquirá - 1:100,000, INGEOMINAS, p. 1, retrieved 2017-06-06
- Buitrago, José Alberto; Terraza M., Roberto; Etayo, Fernando (1998), Plancha 228 - Santafé de Bogotá Noreste - 1:100,000, INGEOMINAS, p. 1, retrieved 2017-06-06
- Acosta, Jorge E.; Ulloa, Carlos E. (1998), Plancha 246 - Fusagasugá - 1:100,000, INGEOMINAS, p. 1, retrieved 2017-06-06
External links
[edit]- Gómez, J.; Montes, N.E.; Nivia, Á.; Diederix, H. (2015), Plancha 5-09 del Atlas Geológico de Colombia 2015 – escala 1:500,000, Servicio Geológico Colombiano, p. 1, retrieved 2017-03-16