La Dina Fault () is a regional dextral

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in the

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of Huila and Tolima in southwestern

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. The fault has a total length of and runs along an average northeast to southwest

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of 032.9 ± 13 in the

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and the

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La Dina Fault lies east of La Plata Fault in southwestern Colombia. The fault displaces

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( Saldaña Formation),

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(

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and Olini Groups), and

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)

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s, which are common in the

. Local names assigned to the southern extension of this fault are from north to south: Betania, Pital-Agredo and Magdalena.Paris et al., 2000a, p.58 It is also called the El Agrado-Betania Fault in Huila, where it underlies the

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.Mapa Geológico del Huila, 2001 The fault is marked by well-developed trace, abrupt slope changes, saddles, and small scarps.

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