Mapping the seabed of the Colombian Caribbean: Proposal for a cartographic scheme of the underwater geomorphology of Colombia (South and Central Section of the continental margin)
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https://doi.org/10.26640/22159045.2023.605Keywords:
Submarine geomorphology, Caribbean, continental margin, Sinú, Magdalena fan, bathymetryAbstract
This paper shows the progress made in relation to the project to carry out submarine geomorphological and structural mapping of Colombian maritime territory, which started with the design of a cartographic grid divided into 22 charts at a scale of 1:250 000. This paper presents the first two charts developed between the years 2020-2021. These charts were prepared with the use of bathymetric information, 2D seismic data, magnetic and gravimetric anomalies, and satellite data, all integrated in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). As a result, the geomorphological units that characterize the southern and central part of the continental margin of the Colombian Caribbean were published in two thematic charts numbered 1408 and 1409, as established in the cartographic grid designed for this purpose.
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