Late Cretaceous–Cenozoic sequence stratigraphic and paleogeographic controls on petroleum system elements of the Nicaraguan platform, western Caribbean Sea

Torrado, Lucia; Carvajal-Arenas, Luis Carlos; Sanchez, J.; Mann, Paul; Silva-Tamayo, Juan Carlos

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“…The geological history of the archipelago dates to the Mesozoic, when the subsidence of Late Cretaceous volcanic basements took place. During the late Paleogene, this basement was covered with biogenic carbonates, beginning with the formation and evolution of coralline structures until present (Geister and Díaz 2007; Sánchez et al 2019; Torrado et al 2019). Despite the uniform geological evolution across the entire archipelago, there exist variations in the present-day geological expression and rock preservation within different locations.…”

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Miocene Fossils of Old Providence Island (Western Caribbean, Colombia) and Geological Heritage of the Seaflower Biosphere Reserve

Gómez,

Camargo,

Parada

2023

Caribbean Journal of Science

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This study presents a geological survey of the Miocene sedimentary record from Old Providence Island (Western Caribbean, Colombia). New fossil material, primarily consisting of coralline remains, bivalves, gastropods, and echinoids, was collected and analyzed. Despite the varying degrees of preservation, a taxonomic description and some paleobiogeographic remarks are provided. The coralline fragments represent specimens of Siderastrea siderea, Acropora spp., Orbicella spp., and the families Caryophylliidae, Poritidae, Turbinoliidae, Mussidae, Pocilloporidae, and Agariciidae. The gastropods are represented by the genera Turritella, Solariella, Calliostoma, and Polinices, while the bivalves included Cardita, Chlamys, Pecten, Crenella, Trivia?, Ostrea, Argopecten, and Caribachlamys. In general, these macrofossils suggest a shallow reef environment, consistent with preliminary reports from Old Providence and more comprehensive descriptions from neighboring islands (San Andrés Island and Jamaica) and Miocene sites across the Caribbean (Panama and Colombia). Additionally, an assessment of the localities, as geological sites of interest, was conducted to promote interest given the limited awareness of the island's natural history among local communities and tourists. The collected paleofauna and our evaluation of the Miocene localities present a promising opportunity for promoting the biological and geological heritage of this region within the Caribbean realm. resumen-Se presentan los resultados de la prospección geológica del registro sedimentario del Mioceno en la Isla de Providencia (Caribe Occidental, Colombia). Material fósil fue colectado y analizado, correspondiendo principalmente a fragmentos coralinos, bivalvos, gasterópodos y equinodermos. A pesar del heterogéneo estado de preservación del material colectado, observaciones taxonómicas y paleobiogeográficas fueron realizadas. Los fragmentos coralinos comprendieron especímenes de Siderastrea siderea, Acropora spp., Orbicella spp., así como las familias Caryophylliidae, Poritidae, Turbinoliidae, Mussidae, Pocilloporidae y Agariciidae. Los gasterópodos correspondieron a especímenes de los géneros Turritella, Solariella, Calliostoma y Polinices, mientras que los restos de bivalvos estuvieron representados por Cardita, Chlamys, Pecten, Crenella, Trivia?, Ostrea, Argopecten y Caribachlamys. En general los macrofósiles colectados sugieren un ambiente marino somero, coincidiendo con interpretaciones previas en Providencia, y descripciones más detalladas en las sucesiones miocénicas de islas cercanas (San Andrés y Jamaica) y de localidades en el caribe continental (Panamá y Colombia). Adicionalmente, fue realizada una valoración de las secciones estudiadas en Providencia como sitios de interés geológico y su futura conservación. Teniendo en cuenta el tipo de información encontradas, y las particularidades de la isla, el material miocénico de la Providencia comprende una oportunidad prometedora para promover el patrimonio biológico y geológico de esta parte de la región...

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Miocene Fossils of Old Providence Island (Western Caribbean, Colombia) and Geological Heritage of the Seaflower Biosphere Reserve

Gómez,

Camargo,

Parada

2023

Caribbean Journal of Science

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“…Directly north of Isla Providencia, the Pedro Bank Fault Zone intersects the San Andres Rift, a north-south-striking extensional feature that joins the Pedro Bank Fault Zone and the Hess Escarpment (Carvajal-Arenas and Mann, 2018). Both the Pedro Bank Fault Zone and the San Andres Rift are presently active (Ott, 2015;Carvajal-Arenas and Mann, 2018) and represent pre-existing tectonic boundaries that have reactivated since the Miocene (Ott, 2015;Carvajal-Arenas and Mann, 2018;Torrado et al, 2019). The Hess Escarpment is an enigmatic and largely inactive structure (Holcombe et al, 1990) that parallels the Pedro Bank Fault Zone to the north.…”

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“…Subsequent to Caribbean Large Igneous Province emplacement, three extensional episodes were observed in the vicinity of Isla Providencia (Carvajal-Arenas and Mann, 2018). The most recent of these is associated with an increase in activity of the San Andres Rift and the establishment of significant left-lateral motion along the Pedro Bank Fault Zone in the mid-Miocene (Carvajal-Arenas and Mann, 2018;Torrado et al, 2019). This Miocene-present episode represents the initiation of the present kinematic regime and as such, the inherited fault must pre-date it.…”

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“…This Miocene-present episode represents the initiation of the present kinematic regime and as such, the inherited fault must pre-date it. The earliest episode is characterized by early Eocene rifting and was centered to the west of the present San Andres Rift along a north-south orientation (Torrado et al, 2019). Both the early Eocene rifting's distance from the Providencia region and its different orientation suggest that the kinematic regime in the early Eocene is unlikely to be responsible for the deep, reactivated fault.…”

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Oceanic intraplate faulting as a pathway for deep hydration of the lithosphere: Perspectives from the Caribbean

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The recycling of water into the Earth’s mantle via hydrated oceanic lithosphere is believed to have an important role in subduction zone seismicity at intermediate depths. Hydration of oceanic lithosphere has been shown to drive double planes of intermediate-depth, Wadati-Benioff zone seismicity at subduction zones. However, observations from trenches show that pervasive normal faulting causes hydration ~25 km into the lithosphere and can explain neither locations where separations of 25–40 km between Wadati-Benioff zone planes are observed nor the spatial variability of the lower plane in these locations, which suggests that an additional mechanism of hydration exists. We suggest that intraplate deformation of >50-m.y.-old lithosphere, an uncommon and localized process, drives deeper hydration. To test this, we relocated the 25 November 2018 6.0 MW Providencia, Colombia, earthquake mainshock and 575 associated fore- and aftershocks within the interior of the Caribbean oceanic plate and compared these with receiver functions (RF) that sampled the fault at its intersection with the Mohorovičić discontinuity. We examined possible effects of velocity model, initial locations of the earthquakes, and seismic-phase arrival uncertainty to identify robust features for comparison with the RF results. We found that the lithosphere ruptured from its surface to a depth of ~40 km along a vertical fault and an intersecting, reactivated normal fault. We also found RF evidence for hydration of the mantle affected by this fault. Deeply penetrating deformation of lithosphere like that we observe in the Providencia region provides fluid pathways necessary to hydrate oceanic lithosphere to depths consistent with the lower plane of Wadati-Benioff zones.

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Nutrient Shift in the Yucatan Basin during the late Early Miocene: Evidence from calcareous nannofossils and stable isotopes at ODP Leg 165 Site 998 Hole A

Clark,

Totten

2024

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

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Late Cretaceous–Cenozoic sequence stratigraphic and paleogeographic controls on petroleum system elements of the Nicaraguan platform, western Caribbean Sea

Cited by 11 publications

References 28 publications

Miocene Fossils of Old Providence Island (Western Caribbean, Colombia) and Geological Heritage of the Seaflower Biosphere Reserve

Miocene Fossils of Old Providence Island (Western Caribbean, Colombia) and Geological Heritage of the Seaflower Biosphere Reserve

Oceanic intraplate faulting as a pathway for deep hydration of the lithosphere: Perspectives from the Caribbean

Nutrient Shift in the Yucatan Basin during the late Early Miocene: Evidence from calcareous nannofossils and stable isotopes at ODP Leg 165 Site 998 Hole A

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