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Honduras Geology April, 1997, Edition 1.4
COMAYAGUA, HONDURAS 1:50,000
| Age/Edad |
Unit/ Unidad |
Descripción |
Description |
| Cenozoico |
Cuaternario |
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Depósitos Fluviales
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Fluvial Deposits
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Qal
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Qaf
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Qal, pie de monte y terraza de grave |
Qal, Piedmont and terrace gravel |
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Qsg
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Qaf, abanicos aluviales |
Qaf, alluvial fans |
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Qsg, planicies de inundación y depositos de cauce |
Qsg, Floodplains and channel deposits |
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Terciario
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Depositos Antiguo de Valle
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Valley Fill Deposits
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QTd
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QTd, Capas lacustres y fanglomerados |
QTd,Lacustrine deposits and fanglomerates |
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Grupo Jutiapa
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Jutiapa Group
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Tj
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Tj, ignimbrita y toba asociada, roca sedimentaria derivada y ¿(de)?
corrientes de lava tipo feno?andesita, riolita y basalto |
Tj, Ignimbrite and assoicated tuff, sedimentary rock derived from andesitic,
rhyolitic and basaltic lava flows. |
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Tja
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Tja, ¿(colada andesitica)? |
Tja, Andesitic flows |
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Tjr
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Tjr, ¿(colada riolitica)? |
Tjr, Rhyolitic flows |
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Tjb
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Tjb, ¿(colada basáltica)? |
Tjb, Basaltic flows |
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Formación Matagalpa
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Matagalpa Formation
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Tm
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Tm, Corrientes de andesita y toba. |
Tm, Andesite flows and tuff. |
| Mesozoico |
Cretácico
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Grupo Valle de Angeles
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Valle de Angeles Group
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KTva
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KTva, Capas rojas; Lodolita, limolita, arenisca finas y algo de conglomerado. |
KTva, Redbeds, Mudstone, siltstone, fine sandstone and minor conglomerate. |
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Grupo Yojoa
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Yojoa Group
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Ky
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Ka
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Ka, Principalmente caliza de estraticación gruesa de la formación
Atima |
Ka, Mainly thick-bedded limestone and dolomite of the Atima Formation |
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Kc
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Kc, Localmente presente caliza de estraticación delgada de la
Formación Cantarranas. |
Kc, Locally, Thin-bedded limestone of the Cantarranas Formation. |
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Jurásico
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Formación Todos Santos
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Todos Santos Formation
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Jts
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Jts, Capas rojas; Conglomerado, arenisca, limolita y lodolita inter-estratificaos.
Hornfels incipiente sub-yacente. |
Jts, Redbeds; Interbedded conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.
Incipient hornfelds appear in the lower portion of the unit. |
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Paleozoico
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Esquisto Cacaguapa
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Cacaguapa Schist
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Pc
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Pc, Esquisto de clorita y moscovita, cuarcita y mármol. |
Pc, Clorite muscovite schist, quartzite, and marble. |
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Principalmente Cenozoica
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Rocas Intrusiva
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Intrusive Rock
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gr
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gr, granodiorita |
gr, granodiorite |
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gb
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gb, gabro |
gb, gabbro |
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r,a,d
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Diques, riolita (r), andesita (a), diorita (d) |
Dikes , rhyolite (r), andesite (a), diorite (d) |
Fuente/Source: J.R. Everett, 1970, Mapa Geologico de Honduras, Hoja de
Comayagua, escala 1:50,000. Instituto Geografico Nacional, Tegucigalpa,
Honduras
English translation by Robert D. Rogers.
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