PETER NEUMANN-MAHLKAU & FRIEDRICH-WILHELM WELLMER

Preface

Historical Introduction

LUDWIG STROINK, HANS-PETER HARJES & JOHANNES KARTE

Coordinated Geoscientific Research in Germany
- The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and its Programs
to Foster International Cooperation 15

HUBERT MILLER, UMBERTO CORDANI & FRANCISCO HERVE
German - Latin-American Cooperation in Geosciences:
Past, Present and Future 19

BERNHARD FRITSCHER & FRANCO URBANI
Bringing Latin America On-Stage:

ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT's Contribution to Earth Sciences
in Latin America 27

Geodesy, Geomorphology and Soil Science

HERMANN DREWES, KLAUS KANIUTH & WOLFGANG SEEMÜLLER
GPS Monitoring of the South American Geocentric Reference Frame 37

WOLFGANG ZECH, HECTOR J. M. MORRAS, MIGUEL A. AYARZA,
MANOEL DA SILVA CRAVO, SAMUEL DO CARMO LIMA, CAROLINA J. DA SILVA,
CARLOS VALAREZO MANOSALVAS & LOURIVAL VILELA
Geoecological Case Studies in Selected Latin-American Ecosystems 43

FELIPE BARBOZA, MEBUS A. GEYH, RAINER HOFFMANN, WOLFGANG KRUCK,
ANTONIO MEDINA NETTO, JOSEF MERKT & CARMEN ROJAS
Soil Formation and Quaternary Geology of the Paraguayan Chaco
Thematic Mapping 49

ELENA M. ABRAHAM DE VAZQUEZ, KARSTEN GARLEFF, HELGA LIEBRICHT,
ALBERTO C. REGAIRAZ, FRANK SCHÄBITZ, FRANCISCO A. SQUEO, HELMUT STINGL,
HEINZ VEIT & CAROLINA VILLAGRAN
Geomorphology and Paleoecology of the Arid Diagonal
in Southern South America 55

GERHARD SCHELLMANN, GERD WENZENS, ULRICH RADTKE, DARIO TROMBOTTO,
MARCELO ZARATE & ENRIQUE SCHNACK
Landscape Evolution of Southern Patagonia 63

Sedimentology and Paleontology

HANNELORE KRAWINKEL, HARTMUT SEYFRIED, CLAUDIO CALVO & ALLAN ASTORGA
Origin and Inversion of Sedimentary Basins in Southern Central America 71

WOLFRAM BLIND, KLAUS F. PROSSL, PEDRO PATARROYO, DIETER STÖHR,
LUIS E. VERGARA S. & UTE MANN

Cretaceous Biostratigraphy, Sedimentology, Organic Geochemistry,
Paleoclimatology and Paleogeography in the Cundinamarca Basin,
the Tablazo-Magdalena Subbasin and the Upper Magdalena Valley
Subbasins, Colombia, South America 79

AXEL VON HILLEBRANDT, VIOLA BARTSCH, ANKE BEBIOLKA, ANNETTE KOSSLER,
WOLFGANG KRAMER, HANS-GERHARD WILKE & SONJA WITTMANN
The Paleogeographic Evolution in a Volcanic Arc/Back-Arc Setting
during the Mesozoic in Northern Chile 87

HECTOR A. LEANZA, ULRICH ROSENFELD, WOLFGANG VOLKHEIMER & ARNOLD ZEISS
Facies Evolution of the Mesozoic Neuquen Basin (Argentina)
in Space and Time 95

ALBERTO C. RICCARDI, HECTOR A. LEANZA, SUSANA E. DAMBORENEA,
MIGUEL 0. MANCENIDO, SARA C. BALLENT & ARNOLD ZEISS
Marine Mesozoic Biostratigraphy of the Neuquén Basin 103

WOLFGANG STINNESBECK, GERTA KELLER, THIERRY ADATTE, JOSE GUADALUPE LOPEZ-0LIVA,
JORGE DE LA CRUZ & CARLOS DE LEON
The Cretaceous-Tertiary (K/T) Transition in the Northern Part of
Latin America: Evidence for a Multi-Event Scenario 109

KARL STATTEGGER & HELENICE VITAL
Sediment Dynamics in the Amazon Mouth 117

DIERK HEBBELN, FRANK LAMY, MARGARITA MARCHANT, JENS KLUMP & GEROLD WEFER
Present and Past Sedimentation along the Chilean Continental Slope 125

Economics Geology

MICHAEL SCHMIDT-THOME & FRIEDRICH-WILHELM WELLMER
Overview of Technical Cooperation Projects in Latin America and
the Caribbean Carried Out by the Federal Institute for Geosciences
and Natural Resources (BGR) 135

LUIZ CLAUDIO RIBEIRO-RODRIGUES, GÜNTHER FRIEDRICH, LYDIA MARIA LOBATO,
JAIME DUQUINI JR. & FREDERICO WALLACE DOS REIS VIEIRA

Gold Mineralization in the Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Minas Gerais, Brazil 143

HORST QUADE, CARLOS ALBERTO ROSIERE, HEINRICH SIEMES & HEINZ-GÜNTER BROKMEIER
Fabrics and Textures of Precambrian Iron Ores from Brazilian Deposits 155

KLAUS PETER BURGATH & ROSALBA SALINAS

The Condoto Complex in Chocó, Colombia:
A Pt-Bearing Alaskan-Type Intrusion 163

GERHARD LEHRBERGER & LUTES MEJIA A.
Stibnite-Gold Mineralizations in the Eastern Cordillera of Bolivia:
Case Studies and Genetic Model 171

BERND LEHMANN, ANDREAS DIETRICH, ALEX WALLIANOS, JORGE OYARZUN,
CARLOS PALACIOS, CARLOS RIERA-KILIBARDA & BRIAN TOWNLEY
MetaLlogenic Model for Porphyry Systems in the Central Andes 179

JOACHIM KORNDÖRFER, HERBERT PÖLLMANN, MARCONDES LIMA DA COSTA & ROMULO ANGELICA
Mine Tailings from the Lateritic Gold Mine IgarapÉ, Bahia (CarajÁs Region),
a Basis for Active Hydraulic Binders 187

RENE DE MATOS CARAMEZ, FRANZ X. FÜHRER, DIETMAR KELTER, REINHARD LENZ
& CHRISTIAN WIRTGEN
Carbonized Low-Rank Coal - An Environmentally Friendly Substitute
for Firewood and Charcoal. Results on Brazilian Gondwana-Coal 193

Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology

RONALD PASIG, HERNAN VILLENA & CHRISTIAN NEUMANN-REDLIN
Hydrogeology of the Chaco Tarijeño (Bolivia) 201

MICHAEL VON HOYER, MARTIN JUNKER, CARLOS CENTURION, DANTE IRRAZABAL-SOZA,
FERNANDO A. LARROZA, SANDRA FARINA-LARROZA & José L. PAREDES-ROLON
Sustained Water Supply by Artificial Groundwater Recharge
in the Chaco of Paraguay 207

ECKHARD FABER, DIEGO M. GOMEZ, SIEGFRIED GREINWALD, MARGARET HELLWEG,
DIETER SEIDL & ROBERTO A. TORRES
A New Concept of Volcano Activity Monitoring:
The Multi-Parameter Station at Galeras Decade Volcano, Colombia 217

EDMUND KRAUTER & FABIAN VASCONEZ
Prevention of Landslides in Ecuador 221

HANS-PETER BÄHR, STEFFEN LANDES, CARLOS LOCH & LUTZ ERNESTO RENUNCIO
Mapping Brazilian Urban Ensembles from Cultural Heritage
to Campus Information Systems 229

The Precambrian Shield

MARIA DE FATIMA BITENCOURT & JÖRN H. KRUHL
Crustal-Scale Shearing, Magmatism and the Development
of Deformation Structures:
An Example from Santa Catarina (Southern Brazil) 237

FRANK SÖLLNER, BERND LAMMERER & CRISTINA WlEDEMANN-LEONARDOS
Dating the Ribeira Mobile Belt of Brazil 245

Tectonics around the Caribbean Plate

KLAUS PETER STANEK, JORGE LUIS COBIELLA-REGUERA, WALTER V. MARESCH,
GUILLERMO MILLAN TRUJlLLO, FRIEDEMANN GRAFE & CHRlSTIANE GREVEL
Geological Development of Cuba 259

MANUEL ITURRALDE-VINENT, KLAUS-PETER STANEK, DIETER WOLF
HANS ULRICH THIEKE & HOLGER MÜLLER
Geology of the Camaguey Region, Central Cuba - Evolution of a
Collisional Margin in the Northern Caribbean 267

MARTIN MESCHEDE, WOLFGANG FRISCH, ANA LEYLA CHINCHILLA CHAVES,
ALLAN LOPEZ SABORIO & CLAUDIO CALVO
The Plate Tectonic Evolution of the Caribbean Plate
in the Mesozoic and Early Cenozoic 275

WALTER V. MARESCH, BERNHARD STÖCKHERT, ALBRECHT BAUMANN, CLAUDIA KAISER,
ROLF KLUGE, GABRIELA KRÜCKHANS-LUEDER, MANFRED R. BRIX & STUART THOMSON
Crustal History and Plate Tectonic Development
in the Southern Caribbean 283

CESAR R. RANERO, ROLAND VON HUENE, ERNST R. FLUEH, WILHELM WEINREBE,
KARL HINZ, GERMAN LEANDRO, GUILLERMO ALVARADO & MANUEL DUARTE
Lower Plate Control on Subduction Erosion Processes along
the Middle America Convergent Margin 291

The Geological Evolution of the Andes

PETER GIESE, ONNO ONCKEN, GUILLERMO CHONG-DIAZ, REINHARD RÖSSLING &
JOSE VIRAMONTE
The Interdisciplinary Research Project "Deformation Processes in the
Andes" 299


PETER GIESE, GÜNTER ASCH, HEINRICH BRASSE, HANS-JÜRGEN GÖTZE, RAINER KIND,
PETER WIGGER, MANUEL ARANEDA, EDGAR KAUSEL, ELOY MARTINEZ & JOSE VIRAMONTE
Structures and Processes in the Central Andes Revealed
by Geophysical Investigations 303

ROLAND VON HUENE, CESAR P. RANERO, KARL HINZ & F. GONZALO YANEZ
Recent Marine Geophysics along the South American Convergent Margin 311

GERHARD FRANZ, FRIEDRICH LUCASSEN, ROBERT B. TRUMBULL, JOSE
G. VIRAMONTE & HANS GERHARD WILKE
The Evolution of a Continental Margin from a Geochemical and
Petrological Point of View - The Central Andes (18°S - 26°S) 317

EKKEHARD SCHEUBER, REYNALDO CHARRIER, GABRIEL GONZALEZ, JÜRGEN KLOTZ,
CLAUS-DIETER REUTHER & KLAUS-JOACHIM REUTTER
Crustal Evolution of the Southern Central Andes (20°S - 26°S)
since the Jurassic 323

VOLKER JACOBSHAGEN, BERND-DIETRICH ERDTMANN, DOROTHEE MERTMANN,
JOACHIM MÜLLER, KLAUS SCHWAB, RAMIRO SUAREZ SORUCO,
MARCELO CLAURE ZAPATA, HERIBERTO SALAMANCA E. & JOSE VIRAMONTE
Geological Structure and Crustal Shortening of the Andes of
South Bolivia and Northwest Argentina 331

FLORENCIO GILBERTO ACENOLAZA, HUBERT MILLER & ALEJANDRO JOSE TOSELLI

The Pampean and Famatinian Cycles-Superposed Orogenic Events in West
Gondwana 337

HEINRICH BAHLBURG, M . CRISTINA MOYA, UDO ZIMMERMANN, BARBARA BOCK &
FRANCISCO HERVE
Paleozoic Plate Tectonic Evolution of the Western Gondwana Margin in
Northern Chile and Northwestern Argentina 345

WERNER BUGGISCH, OSWALDO L. BORDONARO, FERNANDO L. CANAS, WERNER VON
GOSEN, MARTIN KELLER, STEFAN KRUMM, OLIVER LEHNERT & WERNER LOSKE

Sedimentary and Structural Evolution of the Argentine Precordillera -
A Key to the History of an Exotic Terrane 355

GERHARD WÖRNER, ADELHEID BECK, KARIN EUSTERHUES, VERONIKA HEBER & JUDITH LEZAUN
Basement Petrology and Arc Magmatism near the Arica Bend (Northern Chile) 363

GERHARD WORNER, HARTMUT SEYFRIED, INGRID KOHLER & DIETER UHLIG
Tectonic Evolution, Ignimbrite Volcanism, Uplift
and Sedimentation on the Western Andean Escarpment
at the Arica Bend (Northern Chile) 371

ROLF KILIAN & LEOPOLDO LOPEZ-ESCOBAR

Constraints on the Slab Component in Magmas of a Neogene Subduction Zone
- An Example from the Southern Andes 379