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      El Sistema de Falla Navarro: desplazamientos izquierdos a lo largo del cinturón deformado del centro de Costa Rica Translated title: The Navarro Fault System: left-lateral displacements along the central Costa Rica deformed belt

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          Resumen:En este estudio se define el Sistema de Falla Navarro con base en observaciones geológicas, geomorfológicas y sismológicas. Este sistema de falla está localizado entre las estribaciones norte de la cordillera de Talamanca y las faldas sur y sureste de los volcanes Irazú y Turrialba y está caracterizado principalmente por desplazamientos de tipo sinestral. El Sistema de Falla Navarro tiene un rumbo entre este-oeste y noreste-suroeste e incluye los segmentos denominados: Tarrazú, Navarro, Cachí, Urasca, Paraíso y Maravilla. Dos estructuras transtensivas denominadas Estrella y Ujarrás están presentes a lo largo del sistema de falla. Sismos en el periodo 1973-2015 fueron relocalizados iluminando las fallas del sector suroeste del sistema. Los mecanismos focales calculados corresponden en su mayoría con fallas de desplazamiento de rumbo en concordancia con las observaciones morfotectónicas.

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          Abstract:In this study the Navarro Fault System is defined based on geologic, geomorphologic, and seismological observations. This fault system is located between the northern slopes of the Talamanca cordillera and the southern and southeastern slopes of the Irazu and Turrialba volcanoes and is characterized by left-lateral displacements. The Navarro fault system trends between east-west and northeast-southwest and includes the following fault segments: Tarrazu, Navarro, Cachi, Urasca, Paraiso, and Maravilla. There are two transtensional structures along the fault system: the step over Estrella and the Ujarras tectonic depression. Earthquakes during 1973-2015 were relocated illuminating the fault segments of the southwest portion of the system. The focal mechanisms calculated mainly correspond to strike-slip faults in agreement with morphotectonic observations.

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                Role: ND
                Role: ND
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                Journal
                rgac
                Revista Geológica de América Central
                Rev. Geol. Amér. Central
                Universidad de Costa Rica (San Pedro de Montes de Oca, San José, Costa Rica )
                0256-7024
                0256-7024
                December 2016
                : 0
                : 55
                : 71-100
                Affiliations
                [2] San Pedro orgnameUniversidad de Costa Rica Costa Rica
                [1] orgnameCentro de Investigaciones en Ciencias Geológicas Costa Rica
                Article
                S0256-70242016000200071
                10.15517/rgac.v55i0.27062
                46d1202f-f425-45b6-a4bc-e88ccdf8c296

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 International License.

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                Morfotectónica,neotectónica,geología estructural,sismicidad,Costa Rica,Morphotectonics,neotectonics,structural geology,seismicity

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