The Guamuez (La Cocha) Lake

dc.citation.journalTitleWorld Geomorphological Landscapes
dc.contributor.authorDuque-Trujillo, J.F.
dc.contributor.authorHermelin, M.
dc.contributor.authorToro, G.E.
dc.contributor.departmentUniversidad EAFIT. Departamento de Cienciasspa
dc.contributor.researchgroupGeología Ambiental y Tectónicaspa
dc.creatorDuque-Trujillo, J.F.
dc.creatorHermelin, M.
dc.creatorToro, G.E.
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-26T21:25:55Z
dc.date.available2021-03-26T21:25:55Z
dc.date.issued2016-01-01
dc.description.abstractThe Guamuez Lake (also called La Cocha) lies at 2765 m a.s.l. southeast of Pasto. La Corota, its main island, houses a wildlife sanctuary of endemic species protected by the Ministry of the Environment. The La Cocha valley and its neighbor the Sibundoy valley (similar, but completely drained lake) are both seated along one of the main strike-slip faults, the Algeciras fault. This fault system borders the Northern Andes in southwestern Colombia, forming valleys along its trace due to local pull-apart stress associated to its movements. Several small volcanic structures are aligned over the main fault traces which limit the tectonic valleys, making La Cocha a unique landscape. The vegetation that could be found around La Cocha is also unique, because it represents one of the altitudinal lowest paramo ecosystems in the world.eng
dc.identifierhttps://eafit.fundanetsuite.com/Publicaciones/ProdCientif/PublicacionFrw.aspx?id=1753
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-3-319-11800-0_17
dc.identifier.issn22132090
dc.identifier.otherWOS;000368072500020
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10784/27228
dc.languageeng
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherSPRINGER
dc.relation.urihttps://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-11800-0_17
dc.rightsSPRINGER
dc.sourceWorld Geomorphological Landscapes
dc.subjectHigh altitude lakeseng
dc.subjectVolcanic landformseng
dc.subjectTranstensional tectonicseng
dc.titleThe Guamuez (La Cocha) Lakeeng
dc.typearticleeng
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleeng
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioneng
dc.typepublishedVersioneng
dc.type.localArtículospa

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