Daniela Mateus Zabala

Daniela Mateus Zabala
Servicio Geológico Colombiano · Geociencias Básicas

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Introduction
Daniela MATEUS–ZABALA is a geologist who graduated from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Bogotá in 2016 and is a copyeditor of scientific and science outreach texts. She has participated in geological and geomorphological mapping projects, petrographic and geochemical characterization of rocks, and geochemical evaluation of soils. Since 2017, she has been part of the Grupo Mapa Geológico de Colombia.

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Three years have passed since the four volumes of the work The Geology of Colombia: Multivolume book was presented during The Geology of Colombia Symposium: The Geological History of the Colombian Territory, held from November 24 to 27, 2020. This event had an average daily audience of 3800 people and a maximum simultaneous attendance of 4100 peopl...
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El uso de figuras para transmitir información técnica o científica es una estrategia universal que utilizan investigadores en todas las áreas de conocimiento. Por esto, es necesario tener una guía que garantice que esta información se comunique de la forma más adecuada posible. Este artículo es una guía para producir figuras de alta calidad, con un...
Technical Report
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El Mapa Geológico de Colombia a escala 1:1 500 000, el Geological Map of Colombia at a scale of 1 500 000 y el Atlas Geológico de Colombia a escala 1:500 000 2023 conforman la cuarta edición de mapas nacionales en formato digital elaborados por el Servicio Geológico Colombiano. Los mapas fueron realizados por el grupo de investigación Mapa Geológic...
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As part of the construction of The Geology of Colombia: Multivolume book, a complete editorial guideline was developed to ensure stylistic consistency and the correct use of technical and geological terms. The guideline contains rules and recommendations from the best and most recognized manuals of style and guides related to the discipline, which...
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The Geological Map of South America (GMSA) at a scale of 1:5,000,000 illustrates recent progress in South America’s geological mapping. Information compiled from the national geological maps of different countries and regional maps was generalized and harmonized at the 1:5,000,000 scale and then enhanced with geochronological information from index...
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Escribir una publicación científica es una labor que con frecuencia realizan los geólogos para presentar ante la comunidad académica los resultados de su trabajo. Una consulta rápida en Scimago Journal & Country Rank —portal de indicadores cienciométricos e informétricos que emplea la información de Scopus— muestra que en 2019 el número de publicac...
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La presentación de esta obra puede verse en: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wKntpWDPkA&t=331s Una vez publicada la obra The Geology of Colombia, el Servicio Geológico Colombiano (SGC) tiene el reto de generar un libro en español sobre geología de Colombia que esté escrito en un lenguaje de fácil lectura y dirigido a estudiantes y docentes de gra...
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Al elaborar un artículo geocientífico es común tener duda sobre qué información debe ser incluida, en qué parte del artículo se debe incluir y cuál es la mejor manera de presentarla para generar una publicación llamativa. Por fortuna, los artículos científicos siguen un formato o superestructura textual específicos. Contienen un título; unas palabr...
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El túnel de La Línea atraviesa el eje de la cordillera Central a los ~4,5° latitud norte entre Calarcá y Cajamarca. Este túnel hace parte del corredor vial que comunica a Buenaventura con Bogotá, fue construido a 2400 m s. n. m., tiene una extensión de 8,6 km, un ancho de 12,5 m y alcanza una profundidad en el relieve de 900 m bajo el punto más alt...
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En el flanco este de la cordillera Central se encuentra el sistema de fallas de Pericos. Este consiste en fallas paralelas orientadas en sentido NE, al oeste la Falla Cataima y al este la Falla de Pericos. Estas fallas delimitan una franja de intensa deformación de ~2 km de amplitud donde las rocas expuestas desarrollan franjas de proto– a ultramil...
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Los mapas geológicos son productos multipropósito de utilidad para diversas profesiones. Son la base para la búsqueda de recursos utilizados en las obras de infraestructura que el país ejecuta. El SGC es la entidad encargada de su producción y periódicamente actualiza y publica sin costo el mapa geológico nacional. The Geology of Colombia cuenta l...
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The Geology of Colombia book provides an updated background of the geological knowledge of Colombia by integrating the most up–to–date research covering paleontology, biostratigraphy, sedimentary basin analysis, sedimentology, sequence stratigraphy, stratigraphy, geophysics, geochronology, geochemistry, thermochronology, tectonics, structure, volca...
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The number of research papers and brand new geoscientific data of the Colombian territory has increased progressively in recent years. This has generated the rise of new hypotheses to explain the origin of what is now Colombia, but also the updating of pioneering ideas. This fact, added to the need to gather the increasing amount of information pro...
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The territory of the Republic of Colombia is in the northwestern corner of South America, a region influenced by the Caribbean and Nazca oceanic plates, and the South American continental plate. In Colombia, six natural regions are distinguished: Andean, Caribbean, Pacific, Orinoquia, Amazonian, and Insular. The Andean region corresponds to the gre...
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The Grupo Mapa Geológico de Colombia (GMGC) was formally created in 2004 and affiliated with the Dirección de Geociencias Básicas to produce periodic editions to the national geological map at different scales. Two map editions have since been pro¬duced, in 2007 and 2015. Accordingly, the GMGC has been gained an integral knowledge on Colombia geolo...
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The Geology of Colombia book provides an updated background of the geological knowledge of Colombia by integrating the most up–to–date research covering paleontology, biostratigraphy, sedimentary basin analysis, sedimentology, sequence stratigraphy, stratigraphy, geophysics, geochronology, geochemistry, thermochronology, tectonics, structure, volca...
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Recently, the Colombian Geological Survey (SGC) had made great efforts to update the country’s geoscience information bank, and compile the growing geoscientific production across many fields of the Earth Sciences. These efforts have resulted in the publishing of dozens of geological works and maps, among which stand out the 2007 and 2015 editions...
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The Colombian Geological Survey (CGS) has been developing an ambitious pilot enterprise by aiming to ex- tend science to the public and policy makers� The strategy consists primarily in present to wide audience the chapters of the book written in an understandable language.
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The Geology of Colombia is a national–scale editorial project sponsored by the Colombian Geological Survey (CGS) with the aim to overview the significant advances in radiometric, geochemical, and geological mapping and field data in Colombia. It is the first edited and peer–reviewed book on the geology of Colombia and will be distributed entirely f...
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The Colombian Geological Survey (CGS) has realized that it is important not only to research in the geoscience field but also to educate Colombian citizens about how scientists work in a country that is full of volcanoes and many geological sites of importance for assessing geological hazards, prospecting resources and even tourism. This is the rea...
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El Servicio Geológico Colombiano (SGC), consciente del desconocimiento de la geología entre la población colombiana, diseño una ambiciosa iniciativa de apropiación social del conocimiento con el libro The Geology of Colombia para contarle a los colombianos cómo trabajan los geocientíficos en un país lleno de volcanes y otros lugares geológicos de i...

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