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Vol. 47 Núm. 2 (2025): Boletín de Geología
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Historia termal de cuerpos intrusivos mediante geotermocronología cuantitativa: Aplicaciones a la Cordillera Central de Colombia

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  • Yanidth Fernanda Garzón-Castro,
  • Mauricio Alberto Bermúdez-Cella,
  • Karen Daniela Hernández-Vargas,
  • Andres Felipe Alarcón-Bonilla
Yanidth Fernanda Garzón-Castro
Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
Mauricio Alberto Bermúdez-Cella
Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
Andres Felipe Alarcón-Bonilla
Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18273/revbol.v47n2-2025001

Publicado 2025-09-16

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  • Magmático,
  • Post-magmático,
  • Erosión,
  • Enfriamiento,
  • Modelamiento numérico de historias termales,
  • Datos geotermocronológicos
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Garzón-Castro, Y. F., Bermúdez-Cella, M. A., Hernández-Vargas, K. D., & Alarcón-Bonilla, A. F. (2025). Historia termal de cuerpos intrusivos mediante geotermocronología cuantitativa: Aplicaciones a la Cordillera Central de Colombia. Boletín De Geología, 47(2), 13–41. https://doi.org/10.18273/revbol.v47n2-2025001

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Se presenta la historia termal de cinco cuerpos ígneos intrusivos representativos de los principales eventos tectono-magmáticos del Mesozoico en la Cordillera Central de Colombia, ubicados al norte de la falla de Ibagué. Se integraron datos geotermocronológicos previos mediante modelado numérico inverso con el código 4DTherm, considerando las propiedades térmicas de las rocas. Los resultados revelan un primer pulso de enfriamiento magmático en el Cretácico superior, con una duración de cientos de miles de años, seguido por un enfriamiento post-magmático más prolongado después del Paleoceno, excepto en el batolito de Ibagué, que muestra exhumación significativa desde el Jurásico superior. Las tasas más altas de enfriamiento (5,67°C/km) y exhumación (0,13 km/Ma) se registran en el stock de Córdoba, asociado al sistema de fallas de Romeral. La tasa promedio de exhumación (0,1 km/Ma) es coherente con valores en el norte de la cordillera, lo que sugiere un control tectónico regional desde finales del Cretácico. La tasa de enfriamiento por exhumación (~4,2°C/km) es mayor que estimaciones previas basadas en temperaturas más bajas. Los flujos de calor (~100 mW/m²) y gradientes geotérmicos superficiales (31–40°C/km) coinciden con zonas magmáticamente activas, resaltando el potencial geotérmico de la región.

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