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- Title
Litoestratigrafía y bioestratigrafía como herramientas de exploración de fósiles de vertebrados en Socha (Colombia).
- Authors
Velandia Angarita, Omar Rodrigo; Mariño Martínez, Jorge Eliecer; Giraud López, Marie Joelle
- Abstract
In the northeastern zone of the department of Boyacá, in the locality of Socha, areas with a high fossiliferous potential of microvertebrates and vertebrates, as fish, crocodiles and, particularly, turtles, of middle and upper Paleocene age of the Arcillolitas de Socha Formation have been identified. Along this sector, detailed stratigraphic sections and geological profiles were elaborated, which together with lithostratigraphic and biostratigraphic techniques, allowed us to differentiate the formation into three members and to identify the prospecting areas of two fossiliferous levels of interest, as well as a group of key sandstones located in the intermediate levels. The paleoenvironments identified for the formation indicate a lagoonal, marshy, paludal, and deltaic sedimentation for the sandstones, generally sedimented in a continental depositional environment. All the information obtained could be applied for the eventual location of fossils in prospecting and exploration in subsequent research, as well as highlighting the imperative need to strengthen local laws in favor of the protection and preservation of these paleontological deposits in the region.
- Subjects
PROSPECTING; PALEOCENE Epoch; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTATION &; deposition; FOSSILS
- Publication
Revista EIA, 2023, Vol 20, Issue 40, p1
- ISSN
1794-1237
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.24050/reia.v20i40.1700