Cenozoic foreland basin evolution in the northern Andes [Elektronische Ressource] : insights from thermochronology and basin analysis in the Eastern Cordillera, Colombia / Mauricio Parra

Institut für Geowissenschaften Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät Universität Potsdam Cenozoic foreland-basin evolution in the northern Andes: insights from thermochronology and basin analysis in the Eastern Cordillera, Colombia. Mauricio Parra Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades Doktor der Naturwissenschaften (Dr. rer. nat.) in der Wissenschaftsdisziplin Geologie eingereicht an der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Potsdam Potsdam, Oktober 2008 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License: Attribution - Noncommercial - Share Alike 3.0 Germany To view a copy of this license visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/de/ Published online at the Institutional Repository of the University of Potsdam: http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2009/2933/ urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-29333 [http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-29333] Abstract The modern foreland basin straddling the eastern margin of the Andean orogen is the prime example of a retro-arc foreland basin system adjacent to a subduction orogen. While widely studied in the central and southern Andes, the spatial and temporal evolution of the Cenozoic foreland basin system in the northern Andes has received considerably less attention.