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ESTADO DE LAS CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA EN VENEZUELA (V)


Liliana López

Continuando con la contribución en los estudios de las Ciencias de la Tierra en Venezuela, en este
número del Boletín, Estado de la Ciencias de la Tierra en Venezuela (V), se presenta el trabajo
Distribución de terrenos geológicos del sistema montañosos del Caribe, norte de Venezuela;
Síntesis actualizada, realizado por el Dr. Franco Urbani.

En este trabajo se hace una descripción detallada de la geología del sistema montañoso del Caribe.
El estudio a nivel de cuerpos rocosos aflorantes, presenta una descripción de las rocas ígneas,
metamórficas y sedimentarias circunvecinas con una síntesis de las características de los terrenos en
que se han clasificado las unidades de naturaleza ígnea-metamórfica del norte de Venezuela.

El material presentado en este articulo, hace especial énfasis en la literatura de la última década,
para la geología de esta área, como una contribución que respalda la futura actualización del Léxico
Estratigráfico de Venezuela. Se describen los distintos terrenos estudiados, incluyendo mapas y foto-
grafías que representan las características geológicas de algunos afloramientos donde se presentan
texturas y estructuras típicas de las rocas que caracterizan esta región. También se incluye la
composición química de un conjunto de rocas, como por ejemplo la ofiolita de Loma de Hierro (Tiara,
estado Aragua), Gran Roque, Penínsulas de Paria y Araya (estado Sucre) entre otras. Esto represen-
ta un aporte importante en la evaluación de la geología del norte de Venezuela, actualizando de
manera significativa la información ya existente. Por lo tanto, debe ser de referencia nacional para los
estudios recientes que puedan realizarse sobre la geología del norte de Venezuela, y como tal, es un
material de consulta para investigaciones futuras en cualquiera de los terrenos que aquí se describen,
al igual que los mapas geológicos, un total de 449 mapas a escala 1:25k, realizados entre 2000-2015.

Por otra parte, es importante resaltar el valor docente de este trabajo, ya que la zona norte del
Caribe, en muchas de sus áreas, corresponde a uno de los sitios típicos para la enseñanza de
disciplinas de la Ciencias de la Tierra como la geología y la geoquímica.

Este trabajo, al igual que otros de la serie Ciencias de la Tierra en Venezuela, que desarrollan
aspectos científicos o históricos, es parte de las actividades que desarrolla la Comisión de Ciencias de
la Tierra de ACFIMAN, con el objeto de resaltar los desarrollos y avances de las distintas disciplinas
que abarca, tales como geología, geoquímica, geofísica, minas y otras.

Esperamos que los aspectos tratados en esta serie contribuyan a un mejor conocimiento de estas
disciplinas en Venezuela.

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