Garrapatas Fault Zone
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The Garrapatas Fault (Zone) (Spanish: (Zona de) Falla(s) de Garrapatas) is an inactive dextral oblique thrust fault in the departments of Chocó and Valle del Cauca in Colombia. The fault has a total length of 138 kilometres (86 mi) and is crescent-shaped, running along an average east-northeast to west-southwest strike of 060.8 ± 14 in the Western Ranges of the Colombian Andes.
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Garrapatas Fault | |
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Falla de Garrapatas | |
Etymology | Garrapatas River |
Coordinates | 04°24′47″N 76°30′06″W |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Andean, Pacific/Chocó |
State | Chocó, Valle del Cauca |
Characteristics | |
Range | Serranía de Los Paraguas & Western Ranges, Andes |
Part of | Andean oblique faults |
Length | 138 km (86 mi) |
Strike | 060.8 ± 14 |
Dip | Northwest |
Dip angle | 50 |
Displacement | <0.2 mm (0.0079 in)/yr |
Tectonics | |
Plate | North Andean |
Status | Inactive |
Type | Oblique thrust fault |
Movement | Dextral reverse |
Age | Quaternary |
Orogeny | Andean |
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