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Naya-Micay Fault, the Glossary

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The Naya-Micay Fault (Falla de Naya-Micay) is a dextral oblique thrust fault in the departments of Cauca and Valle del Cauca in Colombia.[1]

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  1. 24 relations: Alluvium, Andean orogeny, Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, Cauca Department, Colombia, Departments of Colombia, Fault (geology), Guapi River, Guapi, Cauca, List of earthquakes in Colombia, Malpelo Plate, Naya River, North Andes Plate, Pacific Ocean, Pacific/Chocó natural region, Pliocene, Quaternary, Romeral Fault System, Sedimentary rock, Strike and dip, Tertiary, Thrust fault, United States Geological Survey, Valle del Cauca Department.

  2. Geography of Cauca Department
  3. Geography of Valle del Cauca Department
  4. Inactive faults
  5. Thrust faults

Alluvium

Alluvium is loose clay, silt, sand, or gravel that has been deposited by running water in a stream bed, on a floodplain, in an alluvial fan or beach, or in similar settings.

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Andean orogeny

The Andean orogeny (Orogenia andina) is an ongoing process of orogeny that began in the Early Jurassic and is responsible for the rise of the Andes mountains.

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Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca

Buenaventura is a coastal seaport city located in the Pacific Region of the department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia (South America).

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Cauca Department

Cauca Department (Departamento del Cauca) is a department of Southwestern Colombia.

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Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America.

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Departments of Colombia

Departments of Colombia refer to the administrative divisions of Colombia.

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Fault (geology)

In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movements.

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Guapi River

The Guapi River (Río Guapi) is a river of Colombia that flows into the Pacific Ocean near the town of Guapi, Cauca.

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Guapi, Cauca

Guapi is a town and municipality in the Cauca Department, Colombia.

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List of earthquakes in Colombia

This is a list of earthquakes in Colombia.

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Malpelo Plate

The Malpelo Plate is a small tectonic plate (microplate) located off the coasts west of Ecuador and Colombia. Naya-Micay Fault and Malpelo Plate are geography of Valle del Cauca Department.

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Naya River

The Naya River (Río Naya) is a river in Colombia that flows into the Pacific Ocean.

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North Andes Plate

The North Andes Plate or North Andes Block is a small tectonic plate (microplate) located in the northern Andes.

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Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions.

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Pacific/Chocó natural region

The Pacific/Chocó region is one of the five major natural regions of Colombia.

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Pliocene

The Pliocene (also Pleiocene) is the epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.333 million to 2.58 million years ago.

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Quaternary

The Quaternary is the current and most recent of the three periods of the Cenozoic Era in the geologic time scale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS).

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Romeral Fault System

The Romeral Fault System (Sistema de Fallas (de) Romeral) is a megaregional system of major parallel and anastomosing faults in the Central Ranges of the Colombian Andes and the Cauca, Amagá, and Sinú-San Jacinto Basins. Naya-Micay Fault and Romeral Fault System are geography of Cauca Department, geography of Valle del Cauca Department, Inactive faults, Seismic faults of Colombia, strike-slip faults and thrust faults.

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Sedimentary rock

Sedimentary rocks are types of rock that are formed by the accumulation or deposition of mineral or organic particles at Earth's surface, followed by cementation.

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Strike and dip

In geology, strike and dip is a measurement convention used to describe the plane orientation or attitude of a planar geologic feature.

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Tertiary

Tertiary is an obsolete term for the geologic period from 66 million to 2.6 million years ago.

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Thrust fault

A thrust fault is a break in the Earth's crust, across which older rocks are pushed above younger rocks.

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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States government whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology.

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Valle del Cauca Department

Valle del Cauca, or Cauca Valley, is a department in western Colombia abutting the Pacific Ocean.

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See also

Geography of Cauca Department

Geography of Valle del Cauca Department

Inactive faults

Thrust faults

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naya-Micay_Fault