CONTROL DE LA ACTIVIDAD TECTÓNICA SOBRE LOS PROCESOS DE EROSIÓN REMONTANTE: EL CASO DE LA CUENCA DEL RÍO COMBEIMA, CORDILLERA CENTRAL, COLOMBIA
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En la cuenca del río Combeima, localizada en el departamento del Tolima, sobre la vertiente oriental de la Cordillera Central de Colombia, se evidencian varios eventos de deformación de la corteza asociados a sistemas de fallas mayores, como son el Sistema de Fallas Otú – Pericos y la falla de Ibagué, los cuales controlan las fases deformativas observadas en campo. La cuenca posee un lóbulo alargado en el que se identifican como mínimo cinco etapas hasta su conformación actual, relacionadas a procesos de erosión remontante. Este proceso ha ocasionado la expansión de la cuenca hidrográfica con el progreso gradual hacia su cabecera, mediante la incisión fluvial en la parte alta del río, como una consecuencia directa de la caída del nivel base, relacionado a causas geotectónicas y morfodinámicas presentes en esta zona.
In The Combeima River Basin, located in the department of Tolima, on the eastern slopes of the Cordillera Central of Colombia, several events of crustal deformation associated with major faults systems are evident. System failures such as The Otu - Pericos and Ibagué faults controls the deformational phases observed in the field. The basin has an elongated lobe, in which at least five depositional episodes can be identified and that are related to headward erosion processes. This process has resulted in the expansion of the basin towards its headwater through fluvial incision in the upper river as a direct consequence of the drop of its base level, related to geotectonic and morphodynamic processes present in this area.
In The Combeima River Basin, located in the department of Tolima, on the eastern slopes of the Cordillera Central of Colombia, several events of crustal deformation associated with major faults systems are evident. System failures such as The Otu - Pericos and Ibagué faults controls the deformational phases observed in the field. The basin has an elongated lobe, in which at least five depositional episodes can be identified and that are related to headward erosion processes. This process has resulted in the expansion of the basin towards its headwater through fluvial incision in the upper river as a direct consequence of the drop of its base level, related to geotectonic and morphodynamic processes present in this area.
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Faults system, deformation stages, Combeima river basin, headward erosion processes, Sistemas de fallas, fases deformativas, cuenca del río Combeima, procesos de erosión remontante