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      TOMOGRAFÍA SÍSMICA 3D DEL SECTOR DE CÚCUTA, COLOMBIA

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          Se realizó una tomografía sísmica tridimensional para el sector de Cúcuta, usando arribos de ondas P y S de sismos locales y regionales. Se pudo definir una zona de anomalía positiva Vp, en dirección E-W, entre 80 y 140km de profundidad, profundizándose hacia el W, relacionada con el plano de subducción de la Placa Caribe. Se sugiere que la colisión de este plano con la placa Suramericana, es la génesis del Nido de Bucaramanga, el cual estaría ubicado a una profundidad entre 100 y 160km. Otra zona de anomalía positiva de Vp, al S, entre 20 y 50km de profundidad, parece corresponder al trazo en profundidad (20-30km) de la Falla Bucaramanga, que en este sector es activa sísmicamente. Se encontró una zona de anomalía negativa de velocidad (0-30km) que empieza al oeste de Cúcuta y se extiende hasta el extremo W de la zona de estudio; esta zona puede estar asociada, con la parte E de la falla Boconó, y con los límites del Macizo de Santander. En el área de estudio, la placa Caribe parece presentar un plano de subducción arqueado, en forma de herradura, subduciendo hacia el sur, con un ángulo entre 40 y 45 grados.

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          A 3D seismic tomography for Cúcua area was done, by using P and S waves arrival times from local and regional earthquakes. A high-Vp zone E-W, between 80-140km depth, going down toward W, is related with the subduction slab of Caribbean plate. The collision of these plate with South America plate is the source of Bucaramanga seismic nest, which is located between 100 and 160km depth. Other high-Vp zone to the South, between 20 and 50km depth, seems to correspond with the seismically active Bucaramanga Fault. A Low-Vp zone (0-30km depth) starting to the W of Cúcuta, and ending at the limit of the study area was found; this Low-Vp zone is associated with the eastern part of Boconó Fault, and with the Santander massif limit to the west. The Caribbean plate seems to exhibit a subduction plane in horse-shoe shape, deeping to the south, with an angle between 40 and 45 degres.

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                Author and article information

                Journal
                boge
                Boletín de Geología
                Bol. geol.
                Universidad Industrial de Santander (Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia )
                0120-0283
                2145-8553
                June 2010
                : 32
                : 1
                : 107-124
                Affiliations
                [01] Manizales orgnameINGEOMINAS orgdiv1Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Manizales
                Article
                S0120-02832010000100006 S0120-0283(10)03200106
                0c116969-568d-4a98-aadb-bd3c48e190ee

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

                History
                : 19 May 2010
                : 30 May 2010
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                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 35, Pages: 18
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                modelo de corteza,modelo sísmico,zona de subducción,Cúcuta,Seismic tomography,crustal model,seismic model,subduction slab,Tomografía sísmica

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