Boletín de Geología

Vol. 47 Núm. 1 (2025): Boletín de Geología
Artículos científicos

Evidencias mineralógicas y geoquímicas de la Gran Provincia Ígnea del Caribe (CLIP) en el basamento submarino de la Cuenca Guajira, Colombia

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  • Daniel Rincón-Martínez,
  • Fabián Mauricio Botello-Becerra,
  • Angélica María Carreño-Parra,
  • María del Rosario Pérez-Trejos,
  • Oswaldo Mantilla-Muñoz,
  • Julián Francisco Naranjo-Vesga,
  • Sandra Milena Restrepo-Acevedo
Daniel Rincón-Martínez
Ecopetrol
Fabián Mauricio Botello-Becerra
Universidad Industrial de Santander
Angélica María Carreño-Parra
Ecopetrol
María del Rosario Pérez-Trejos
Ecopetrol
Oswaldo Mantilla-Muñoz
Ecopetrol
Julián Francisco Naranjo-Vesga
Ecopetrol
Sandra Milena Restrepo-Acevedo
Ecopetrol
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18273/revbol.v47n1-2025001

Publicado 2025-05-06

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  • Rocas de basamento,
  • Placa del Caribe,
  • Gran provincia Ígnea del Caribe,
  • Petrografía,
  • Geoquímica,
  • Cuenca Guajira offshore
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Rincón-Martínez, D., Botello-Becerra, F. M., Carreño-Parra, A. M., Pérez-Trejos, M. del R., Mantilla-Muñoz, O., Naranjo-Vesga, J. F., & Restrepo-Acevedo, S. M. (2025). Evidencias mineralógicas y geoquímicas de la Gran Provincia Ígnea del Caribe (CLIP) en el basamento submarino de la Cuenca Guajira, Colombia. Boletín De Geología, 47(1), 13–41. https://doi.org/10.18273/revbol.v47n1-2025001

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El origen y la composición del basamento del margen norte de Suramérica son controvertidos debido a que son el resultado de la compleja interacción de las placas tectónicas del Caribe, sudamericana y de Nazca a lo largo del tiempo geológico. Uno de los principales problemas que han limitado una comprensión adecuada es la dificultad de obtener muestras de rocas ígneas y metamórficas costa afuera. En este artículo se caracteriza el basamento del pozo exploratorio Orca-1, perforado en la Cuenca Guajira offshore, porción sur del mar Caribe. La secuencia analizada tiene alrededor de 200 m de espesor, donde se identifican basaltos y andesitas basálticas, con eventual ocurrencia de episodios extrusivos, interpretados a partir de la presencia de rocas piroclásticas depositadas en un ambiente submarino. La alteración mineralógica de estas rocas apunta a un importante papel de los fluidos hidrotermales en su formación. La firma geoquímica del basamento muestra una reducida diversidad composicional atribuida a una misma historia de fusión, lo cual indica una afinidad toleítica y una fuente tipo pluma, sin evidencia alguna de componente de subducción o de interacción manto-corteza en su petrogénesis. Por su composición, se plantea que las rocas del basamento de Orca-1 corresponden a un fragmento de la corteza oceánica formadora la Gran Provincia Ígnea del Caribe (CLIP) y que fue acrecionado a la margen norte de la península de La Guajira, al norte de la Sutura de Chimare, que ha sido interpretada como el límite más septentrional de los principales bloques de basamento considerados autóctonos de Suramérica.

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