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The Girón Formation (Spanish: Formación Girón, Jg) is an extensive geological formation stretching across 325 kilometres (202 mi) from the north in Teorama, Norte de Santander, across the and Chicamocha Canyon towards west of Nobsa, Boyacá in the northern part of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the south. The formation extends across the northern and central part of the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes.

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  • The Girón Formation (Spanish: Formación Girón, Jg) is an extensive geological formation stretching across 325 kilometres (202 mi) from the north in Teorama, Norte de Santander, across the and Chicamocha Canyon towards west of Nobsa, Boyacá in the northern part of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the south. The formation extends across the northern and central part of the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The formation forms the basement in the Middle Magdalena Valley and is forming the . The Girón Formation consists of thickly bedded red sandstones, shales, siltstones and conglomerates deposited in a terrestrial alluvial and fluvial to fluvio-lacustrine environment in an extensional basin setting. The formation dates to the Late Jurassic period and has a maximum thickness of 3,346 metres (10,978 ft) at its type locality in the valley of the Lebrija River. (en)
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  • Santander (en)
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  • Bucaramanga Gneiss, Arboleda Granite, Diamante, Floresta, Bocas & Jordán Formations (en)
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  • Rosablanca, Río Negro, Tambor & Tibú-Mercedes Formations (en)
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  • The Girón Formation (Spanish: Formación Girón, Jg) is an extensive geological formation stretching across 325 kilometres (202 mi) from the north in Teorama, Norte de Santander, across the and Chicamocha Canyon towards west of Nobsa, Boyacá in the northern part of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the south. The formation extends across the northern and central part of the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. (en)
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