Regadera Formation

Regadera Formation
Regadera Formation
Stratigraphic range: Middle to Late Eocene; ~47–40 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Underlies	Usme Fm., Tilatá Fm.
Overlies	Bogotá Formation
Thickness	up to 756 metres (2,480 ft)
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone, conglomerate
Other	Shale
Location
Coordinates	4°23′30.8″N 74°08′26.3″W / 4.391889°N 74.140639°W
Region	Bogotá savanna, Altiplano Cundiboyacense; Eastern Ranges, Andes
Country	Colombia
Type section
Named for	La Regadera Reservoir
Named by	Julivert
Location	Usme, Bogotá
Year defined	1963
Coordinates	4°23′30.8″N 74°08′26.3″W / 4.391889°N 74.140639°W
Region	Cundinamarca
Country	Colombia
	; Paleogeography of Northern South America; 50 Ma, by Ron Blakey

The Regadera Formation (Spanish: Formación Regadera, E₂r, Tpr) is a geological formation of the Bogotá savanna, Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The predominantly sandstone and conglomeratic formation, with pink shale beds intercalated, dates to the Paleogene period; Middle to Late Eocene epoch, and has a maximum thickness of 765 metres (2,510 ft).

Etymology

The formation was first described by Hubach in 1931 as part of the Usme Formation and redefined and named in 1963 by Julivert after the La Regadera Reservoir.

Description

Lithologies

The Regadera Formation consists mainly of quartz arenitic sandstone and conglomerates with some shale beds.

Stratigraphy and depositional environment

The Regadera Formation overlies the Bogotá Formation and is overlain by the Usme and Tilatá Formations. The age has been estimated, based on palynological data of Echitriporites trianguliformis var. orbicularis, Nothofagidites sp. and Multiporopollenites pauciporatus, to be Middle to Late Eocene. The depositional environment has been interpreted as a braided river setting.

Outcrops

Type locality of the Regadera Formation to the south of the Bogotá savanna

The Regadera Formation is apart from its type locality in the synclinal of Usme, the valley of the Tunjuelo River, found in the synclinal of Sisga. In the Tunjuelo River valley, the Regadera Formations is present in the escarpments on the river banks.

Regional correlations

Stratigraphy of the Llanos Basin and surrounding provinces
Ma	Age	Regional events	Catatumbo	Cordillera	proximal Llanos	distal Llanos	Putumayo	VSM	Environments	Maximum thickness	Petroleum geology
0.01	Holocene	Holocene volcanism Seismic activity	alluvium								Overburden
1	Pleistocene	Pleistocene volcanism Andean orogeny 3 Glaciations	Guayabo	Soatá Sabana	Necesidad	Guayabo	Gigante Neiva		Alluvial to fluvial (Guayabo)	550 m (1,800 ft) (Guayabo)
2.6	Pliocene	Pliocene volcanism Andean orogeny 3 GABI		Subachoque			Gigante Neiva
5.3	Messinian	Andean orogeny 3 Foreland		Marichuela			Caimán	Honda
13.5	Langhian	Regional flooding	León	hiatus	Caja	León	Caimán		Lacustrine (León)	400 m (1,300 ft) (León)	Seal
16.2	Burdigalian	Miocene inundations Andean orogeny 2	C1		Carbonera C1		Ospina		Proximal fluvio-deltaic (C1)	850 m (2,790 ft) (Carbonera)	Reservoir
17.3			C2		Carbonera C2				Distal lacustrine-deltaic (C2)		Seal
19			C3		Carbonera C3				Proximal fluvio-deltaic (C3)		Reservoir
21	Early Miocene	Pebas wetlands	C4		Carbonera C4			Barzalosa	Distal fluvio-deltaic (C4)		Seal
23	Late Oligocene	Andean orogeny 1 Foredeep	C5		Carbonera C5		Orito		Proximal fluvio-deltaic (C5)		Reservoir
25	Late Oligocene		C6		Carbonera C6		Orito		Distal fluvio-lacustrine (C6)		Seal
28	Early Oligocene		C7		C7		Pepino	Gualanday	Proximal deltaic-marine (C7)		Reservoir
32	Oligo-Eocene		C8	Usme	C8	onlap			Marine-deltaic (C8)		Seal Source
35	Late Eocene		Mirador	Usme	Mirador				Coastal (Mirador)	240 m (790 ft) (Mirador)	Reservoir
40	Middle Eocene			Regadera				hiatus
45	Middle Eocene
50	Early Eocene		Socha		Los Cuervos				Deltaic (Los Cuervos)	260 m (850 ft) (Los Cuervos)	Seal Source
55	Late Paleocene	PETM 2000 ppm CO₂	Los Cuervos	Bogotá	Los Cuervos			Gualanday	Deltaic (Los Cuervos)	260 m (850 ft) (Los Cuervos)	Seal Source
60	Early Paleocene	SALMA	Barco	Guaduas	Barco		Rumiyaco	Gualanday	Fluvial (Barco)	225 m (738 ft) (Barco)	Reservoir
65	Maastrichtian	KT extinction	Catatumbo	Guadalupe				Monserrate	Deltaic-fluvial (Guadalupe)	750 m (2,460 ft) (Guadalupe)	Reservoir
72	Campanian	End of rifting	Colón-Mito Juan					Monserrate
83	Santonian						Villeta/Güagüaquí
86	Coniacian
89	Turonian	Cenomanian-Turonian anoxic event	La Luna	Chipaque	Gachetá	hiatus			Restricted marine (all)	500 m (1,600 ft) (Gachetá)	Source
93	Cenomanian	Rift 2		Chipaque	Gachetá				Restricted marine (all)	500 m (1,600 ft) (Gachetá)	Source
100	Albian			Une	Une		Caballos		Deltaic (Une)	500 m (1,600 ft) (Une)	Reservoir
113	Aptian		Capacho	Fómeque			Motema	Yaví	Open marine (Fómeque)	800 m (2,600 ft) (Fómeque)	Source (Fóm)
125	Barremian	High biodiversity	Aguardiente	Paja					Shallow to open marine (Paja)	940 m (3,080 ft) (Paja)	Reservoir
129	Hauterivian	Rift 1	Tibú- Mercedes	Las Juntas	hiatus				Deltaic (Las Juntas)	910 m (2,990 ft) (Las Juntas)	Reservoir (LJun)
133	Valanginian		Río Negro	Cáqueza Macanal Rosablanca					Restricted marine (Macanal)	2,935 m (9,629 ft) (Macanal)	Source (Mac)
140	Berriasian		Girón	Cáqueza Macanal Rosablanca					Restricted marine (Macanal)	2,935 m (9,629 ft) (Macanal)	Source (Mac)
145	Tithonian	Break-up of Pangea	Jordán	Arcabuco	Buenavista Batá		Saldaña		Alluvial, fluvial (Buenavista)	110 m (360 ft) (Buenavista)	"Jurassic"
150	Early-Mid Jurassic	Passive margin 2	La Quinta	Montebel Noreán	hiatus		Saldaña		Coastal tuff (La Quinta)	100 m (330 ft) (La Quinta)
201	Late Triassic	Passive margin 2	Mucuchachi	Montebel Noreán			Payandé
235	Early Triassic	Pangea		hiatus							"Paleozoic"
250	Permian	Pangea
300	Late Carboniferous	Famatinian orogeny						Cerro Neiva ()
340	Early Carboniferous	Fossil fish Romer's gap		Cuche (355-385)	Farallones ()			Cerro Neiva ()	Deltaic, estuarine (Cuche)	900 m (3,000 ft) (Cuche)
360	Late Devonian	Passive margin 1	Río Cachirí (360-419)	Cuche (355-385)	Farallones ()			Ambicá ()	Alluvial-fluvial-reef (Farallones)	2,400 m (7,900 ft) (Farallones)
390	Early Devonian	High biodiversity	Floresta (387-400) El Tíbet					Ambicá ()	Shallow marine (Floresta)	600 m (2,000 ft) (Floresta)
410	Late Silurian	Silurian mystery	Floresta (387-400) El Tíbet
425	Early Silurian	Silurian mystery	hiatus
440	Late Ordovician	Rich fauna in Bolivia	San Pedro (450-490)		Duda ()
470	Early Ordovician	First fossils	San Pedro (450-490)	Busbanzá (>470±22) Chuscales Otengá	Guape ()		Río Nevado ()	Hígado () Agua Blanca Venado (470-475)
488	Late Cambrian	Regional intrusions	Chicamocha (490-515)	Quetame ()	Ariarí ()		SJ del Guaviare (490-590)	San Isidro ()
515	Early Cambrian	Cambrian explosion		Quetame ()				San Isidro ()
542	Ediacaran	Break-up of Rodinia		pre-Quetame		post-Parguaza		El Barro ()	Yellow: allochthonous basement (Chibcha terrane) Green: autochthonous basement (Río Negro-Juruena Province)		Basement
600	Neoproterozoic	Cariri Velhos orogeny	Bucaramanga (600-1400)				pre-Guaviare
800	Neoproterozoic	Snowball Earth
1000	Mesoproterozoic	Sunsás orogeny			Ariarí (1000)			La Urraca (1030-1100)
1300		Rondônia-Juruá orogeny			pre-Ariarí	Parguaza (1300-1400)		Garzón (1180-1550)
1400			pre-Bucaramanga					Garzón (1180-1550)
1600	Paleoproterozoic					Maimachi (1500-1700)		pre-Garzón
1800		Tapajós orogeny				Mitú (1800)
1950		Transamazonic orogeny				pre-Mitú
2200		Columbia
2530	Archean	Carajas-Imataca orogeny
3100	Archean	Kenorland
Sources

Legend

group
important formation
fossiliferous formation
minor formation
(age in Ma)
proximal Llanos (Medina)
distal Llanos (Saltarin 1A well)

Notes and references

Notes

↑ based on Duarte et al. (2019), García González et al. (2009), and geological report of Villavicencio
↑ based on Duarte et al. (2019) and the hydrocarbon potential evaluation performed by the UIS and ANH in 2009

References

1 2 3 Montoya & Reyes, 2005, p.60
↑ Bayona et al., 2010, p.5
↑ Montoya & Reyes, 2005, p.64
↑ Bayona et al., 2010, p.7
↑ Bayona et al., 2010, p.11
1 2 3 4 5 6 García González et al., 2009, p.27
1 2 3 4 5 6 García González et al., 2009, p.50
1 2 García González et al., 2009, p.85
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Barrero et al., 2007, p.60
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Barrero et al., 2007, p.58
↑ Plancha 111, 2001, p.29
1 2 Plancha 177, 2015, p.39
1 2 Plancha 111, 2001, p.26
↑ Plancha 111, 2001, p.24
↑ Plancha 111, 2001, p.23
1 2 Pulido & Gómez, 2001, p.32
↑ Pulido & Gómez, 2001, p.30
1 2 Pulido & Gómez, 2001, pp.21-26
↑ Pulido & Gómez, 2001, p.28
↑ Correa Martínez et al., 2019, p.49
↑ Plancha 303, 2002, p.27
↑ Terraza et al., 2008, p.22
↑ Plancha 229, 2015, pp.46-55
↑ Plancha 303, 2002, p.26
↑ Moreno Sánchez et al., 2009, p.53
↑ Mantilla Figueroa et al., 2015, p.43
↑ Manosalva Sánchez et al., 2017, p.84
1 2 Plancha 303, 2002, p.24
1 2 Mantilla Figueroa et al., 2015, p.42
↑ Arango Mejía et al., 2012, p.25
↑ Plancha 350, 2011, p.49
↑ Pulido & Gómez, 2001, pp.17-21
↑ Plancha 111, 2001, p.13
↑ Plancha 303, 2002, p.23
↑ Plancha 348, 2015, p.38
↑ Planchas 367-414, 2003, p.35
↑ Toro Toro et al., 2014, p.22
↑ Plancha 303, 2002, p.21
1 2 3 4 Bonilla et al., 2016, p.19
↑ Gómez Tapias et al., 2015, p.209
1 2 Bonilla et al., 2016, p.22
1 2 Duarte et al., 2019
↑ García González et al., 2009
↑ Pulido & Gómez, 2001
↑ García González et al., 2009, p.60

Bibliography

Bayona, Germán; Montenegro, Omar; Cardona, Agustín; Jaramillo, Carlos; Lamus, Felipe; Morón, Sara; Quiroz, Luiz; Ruíz, María C.; Valencia and Mauricio Parra, Victor (2010), "Estratigrafía, procedencia, subsidencia y exhumación de las unidades paleógenas en el Sinclinal de Usme, sur de la zona axial de la Cordillera Oriental - Stratigraphy, provenance, subsidence and exhumation of the Paleogene succession in the Usme Syncline, southern axial zone of the Eastern Cordillera" (PDF), Geología Colombiana, 35: 5–35, archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-30, retrieved 2017-03-16
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Maps

Fuquen M., Jaime A; Osorno M, José F. (2009), Plancha 190 - Chiquinquirá - 1:100,000, INGEOMINAS, p. 1, retrieved 2017-06-06
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External links

Gómez, J.; Montes, N.E.; Nivia, Á.; Diederix, H. (2015), Plancha 5-09 del Atlas Geológico de Colombia 2015 – escala 1:500,000, Servicio Geológico Colombiano, p. 1, retrieved 2017-03-16

[45] sed on Duarte et al. (2019), García González et al. (2009), and geological report of Villavicencio

[47] sed on Duarte et al. (2019) and the hydrocarbon potential evaluation performed by the UIS and ANH in 2009

[Ingeominas_p60-1] 1 2 3 Montoya & Reyes, 2005, p.60

[Bayona_p5-2] Bayona et al., 2010, p.5

[Ingeominas_p64-3] Montoya & Reyes, 2005, p.64

[Bayona_p7-4] Bayona et al., 2010, p.7

[Bayona_p11-5] Bayona et al., 2010, p.11

[UISANH2009_p27-6] 1 2 3 4 5 6 García González et al., 2009, p.27

[UISANH2009_p50-7] 1 2 3 4 5 6 García González et al., 2009, p.50

[UISANH2009_p85-8] 1 2 García González et al., 2009, p.85

[ANH2007_p60-9] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Barrero et al., 2007, p.60

[ANH2007_p58-10] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Barrero et al., 2007, p.58

[Plancha111_p29-11] Plancha 111, 2001, p.29

[Plancha177_p39-12] 1 2 Plancha 177, 2015, p.39

[Plancha111_p26-13] 1 2 Plancha 111, 2001, p.26

[Plancha111_p24-14] Plancha 111, 2001, p.24

[Plancha111_p23-15] Plancha 111, 2001, p.23

[Pulido2001_p32-16] 1 2 Pulido & Gómez, 2001, p.32

[Pulido2001_p30-17] Pulido & Gómez, 2001, p.30

[Pulido2001_pp21_26-18] 1 2 Pulido & Gómez, 2001, pp.21-26

[Pulido2001_p28-19] Pulido & Gómez, 2001, p.28

[Correa2019_p49-20] Correa Martínez et al., 2019, p.49

[Plancha303_p27-21] Plancha 303, 2002, p.27

[Terraza2008_p22-22] Terraza et al., 2008, p.22

[Plancha229_pp46_55-23] Plancha 229, 2015, pp.46-55

[Plancha303_p26-24] Plancha 303, 2002, p.26

[Moreno2009_p53-25] Moreno Sánchez et al., 2009, p.53

[Figueroa2015_p43-26] Mantilla Figueroa et al., 2015, p.43

[Manosalva2017_p84-27] Manosalva Sánchez et al., 2017, p.84

[Plancha303_p24-28] 1 2 Plancha 303, 2002, p.24

[Figueroa2015_p42-29] 1 2 Mantilla Figueroa et al., 2015, p.42

[Arango2012_p25-30] Arango Mejía et al., 2012, p.25

[Plancha350_p49-31] Plancha 350, 2011, p.49

[Pulido2001_pp17_21-32] Pulido & Gómez, 2001, pp.17-21

[Plancha111_p13-33] Plancha 111, 2001, p.13

[Plancha303_p23-34] Plancha 303, 2002, p.23

[Plancha348_p38-35] Plancha 348, 2015, p.38

[Plancha367_414_p35-36] Planchas 367-414, 2003, p.35

[Toro2014_p22-37] Toro Toro et al., 2014, p.22

[Plancha303_p21-38] Plancha 303, 2002, p.21

[Bonilla2016_p19-39] 1 2 3 4 Bonilla et al., 2016, p.19

[GeoMap2015_p209-40] Gómez Tapias et al., 2015, p.209

[Bonilla2016_p22-41] 1 2 Bonilla et al., 2016, p.22

[Duarte2019-42] 1 2 Duarte et al., 2019

[UISANH2009-43] García González et al., 2009

[Pulido2001-44] Pulido & Gómez, 2001

[UISANH2009_p60-46] García González et al., 2009, p.60