page_title: La Guajira Terrane
hierarchical_section_title: La Guajira Terrane
caption_attribution_description: English: Tectonic situation of Pacific Colombia. Legend: Dark red - Coiba Plate Purple - Malpelo Plate Red double line - Panama Transform Fault Green double line - Coiba Transform Fault Pink thick line - Colombian Deep Trench Red single lines - from north to south Unguía Fault, Bahía Solano Fault, Naya-Micay Fault and Remolino-El Charco Fault Blue single lines - Romeral Fault System Yellow single lines - Eastern Frontal Fault System Orange single line - Bucaramanga-Santa Marta Fault White single lines - other major faults of Colombia Sources: Paris, Gabriel et al. (2000a) Database of Quaternary Faults and Folds in Colombia and its Offshore Regions, USGS, pp.&#160;1–66 Retrieved on 6 June 2018. Paris, Gabriel et al. (2000b) Map of Quaternary Faults and Folds of Colombia and Its Offshore Regions, USGS, p.&#160;1 Retrieved on 6 June 2018. Zhang, Tuo et al. (2017). "The Malpelo Plate Hypothesis and implications for nonclosure of the Cocos-Nazca-Pacific plate motion circuit". Geophysical Research Letters 44: 1–6. Retrieved on 2018-06-06.
context_page_description: La Guajira Terrane is one of the geological provinces of Colombia. The terrane, dating to the Late Cretaceous, is situated on the North Andes Plate and borders the Caribbean, Tahamí and Chibcha Terranes along the Bucaramanga-Santa Marta Fault. The southern boundary is formed by the Oca Fault with the Chibcha Terrane.
context_section_description: La Guajira Terrane (Spanish: Terreno de La Guajira, TLG) is one of the geological provinces (terranes) of Colombia. The terrane, dating to the Late Cretaceous, is situated on the North Andes Plate and borders the Caribbean, Tahamí and Chibcha Terranes along the Bucaramanga-Santa Marta Fault. The southern boundary is formed by the Oca Fault with the Chibcha Terrane.
caption: La Guajira Terrane is enclosed by the Bucaramanga-Santa Marta Fault (orange) and northernmost Oca Fault (white)
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