Magdalena Valley foreland

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The Magdalena Valley foreland is a sedimentary basin in central Colombia lying east of the Central Andes, known for its thick Cenozoic deposits and significant oil and gas resources.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Magdalena Valley 1
Magdalena Valley foreland canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf sedimentary basin ⓘ
basinType nonmarine to marginal marine clastic basin ⓘ
boundedBy Central Cordillera of Colombia ⓘ
contains gas fields ⓘ
multiple oil fields ⓘ
containsResource natural gas ⓘ
oil ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
depositionalEnvironment deltaic ⓘ
fluvial ⓘ
lacustrine ⓘ
drainage Magdalena River ⓘ
economicImportance major oil-producing region of Colombia ⓘ
formedDuring Andean compressional tectonics ⓘ
geologicalEra Cenozoic ⓘ
hasExplorationActivity petroleum exploration ⓘ
hasHydrocarbonSystem Cenozoic petroleum system ⓘ
hasLithology conglomerate ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
shale ⓘ
hasProductionActivity oil production ⓘ
hasStratigraphy thick Cenozoic deposits ⓘ
knownFor significant hydrocarbon resources ⓘ
locatedEastOf Central Andes ⓘ
locatedIn central Colombia ⓘ
overlies Mesozoic basement rocks ⓘ
partOf Andean foreland system ⓘ
linked to: Andean foreland
region northern Andes ⓘ
linked to: Northern Andes
tectonicSetting foreland basin related to Andean orogeny ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Andean foreland → hasPart → Magdalena Valley foreland ⓘ
Northern Andes → contains → Magdalena Valley ⓘ
linked to: Magdalena Valley foreland