Rodriguez-Parra, L. A., Gaitan, C., Montes, C., Bayona, G., Rapalini, A. (2017). Arc-seamount collision: driver for vertical-axis rotations in Azuero, Panama. Stud. Geophys. Geod.,, vol. 61. DOI: 10.1007/s11200-016-1173-1. here.

Ramírez, D. A., Foster, D. A., Min, K., Montes, C., Cardona, A., & Sadove, G. (2016). Exhumation of the Panama basement complex and basins: Implications for the closure of the Central American seaway. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. DOI:10.1002/2016GC006289

Cardozo, N., Montes, C., Marín, D., Gutierrez, I., & Palencia, A. (2016). Structural analysis of the Tabaco anticline, Cerrejón open-cast coal mine, Colombia, South America. Journal of Structural Geology.

Bloch, J. I., Woodruff, E. D., Wood, A. R., Rincon, A. F., Harrington, A. R., Morgan, G. S., Foster, D. A., Montes, C., Jaramillo, C. A., Jud, N. A., Jones, D. S., and MacFadden, B. J. 2016. First North American Fossil Monkey and Early Miocene Tropical Biotic Interchange. Nature. doi:10.1038/nature17415

Bacon, C.D., Molnar P., Antonelli, A., Crawford, A.J., Montes, C., Vallejo-Pareja, M.C., 2016, Quaternary glaciation and the Great American Biotic Interchange, Geology, doi:10.1130/G37624.1. PDF here.

Moreno, F., Hendy, A., Quiroz, L., Hoyos, N., Jones, D., Zapata, V., Zapata, S., Ballen, G., Cadena, E., Cárdenas, A., Carrillo, J. D., Delgado, D., Escobar, J., Martinez, J. I., Montes, C., Moreno, J., Perez, N., Sanchez, R., Suarez, C., Vallejo, M. C., and Jaramillo, C. A., 2015, Revised stratigraphy of Neogene strata in the Cocinetas basin, La Guajira, Colombia: Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, p. 1-39. moreno_etal_2015_Guajira__stratigraphy.pdf

Montes, C. Cardona, A., Jaramillo, C. Pardo, A. Silva, J., Valencia, V., Ayala, C, Pérez-Angel, L.C., Rodriguez-Parra, L.A., Ramirez, V., Niño, H., 2015, Middle Miocene closure of the Central American Seaway, Science, v. 348, pp. 226-229. PDF here

Hoyos, N., Monsalve, G., Berger, G. W., Atinao, J.L., Giraldo, H., Silva, C., Bayona, G., Escobar, J., Montes, C., 2015, A climatic trigger for catastrophic Pleistocene–Holocene debris flows in the Eastern Andean Cordillera of Colombia; Journal of Quaternary Science, vol. 30, pp. 258-270. PDF Hoyos_etal_2015_fusa_fan_andes_cordillera.pdf

Cardona, A., Weber, M., Valencia, V., Bustamante, C., Montes, C., Cordani, U., & Muñoz, C. M. (2014). Geochronology and geochemistry of the Parashi granitoid, NE Colombia: Tectonic implication of short-lived Early Eocene plutonism along the SE Caribbean margin. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 50, 75-92 Cardona_etal_2014_Parashi_Eocene_reconstruction_guajira.pdf.

Sepulchre, P., T. Arsouze, Y. Donnadieu, J. C. Dutay, C. Jaramillo, J. Le Bras, E. Martin, C. Montes, and A. J. Waite, 2014, Consequences of shoaling of the Central American Seaway determined from modeling Nd isotopes, Paleoceanography, vol. 29, doi: 10.1002/2013PA002501. Sepulchre_2014_Neodynium_Panama_closure.pdf

Zapata, S., Cardona, A., Montes, C., Valencia, V., 2014, "Provenance of the Eocene Soebi Blanco formation, Bonaire, Leeward Antilles: Correlations with post-Eocene tectonic evolution of northern South America." Journal of South American Earth Sciences 52 (2014): 179-193. Zapata_etal_2014_provenance_bonaire_antilles_guajira.pdf

Moron, S., D. Fox, J. Feinberg, C. Jaramillo, G. Bayona, C. Montes, and J. Bloch, 2013, Climate change during the Early Paleogene in the Bogotá Basin (Colombia) inferred from paleosol carbon isotope stratigraphy, major oxides, and environmental magnetism, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 388, 115-127. Moron_etal_2013_climate_change_Bogota_paleosol_paleomag.pdf

Lara, M., A. Cardona, G. Monsalve, J. Yarce, C. Montes, V. Valencia, M. Weber, F. De la Parra, D. Espitia, M. Lopez-Martínez, 2013, Middle Miocene near trench volcanism in northern Colombia: A record of slab tearing due to the simultaneous subduction of the Caribbean Plate under South and Central America?, Journal of South American Earth Sciences, v. 45, pp. 24-4. DOI:10.1016/j.jsames.2012.12.006. Lara_etal_2013_Puerto_escondido_slab_tear.pdf

Bayona, G., A. Cardona, C. Jaramillo, A. Mora, C. Montes, V. Caballero, H. Mahecha, F. Lamus, O. Montenegro, G. Jimenez, A. Mesa, and V. Valencia 2013, Onset of fault reactivation in the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia and proximal Llanos Basin; response to Caribbean–South American convergence in early Palaeogene time, Special Publications, Geological Society of London, DOI: 10.1144/SP377.5. Bayona_etal_2013_early_Paleogene_reactivation_eastern Cord.pdf

Head, J., Rincon, A., Suarez, S.C., Montes, C., Jaramillo, C., 2012, Fossil evidence for earliest Neogene American faunal interchange: Boa (Serpentes, Boinae) from the early Miocene of Panama, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v 32(6), pp. 1328-1334. Head_etal_2012_Boa_Panama.pdf

Jimenez, G., J. Rico, G. Bayona, C. Montes, A. Rosero, and D. Sierra, 2012, Analysis of curved folds and fault/fold terminations in the Upper Magdalena Valley of Colombia, Journal of South American Earth Sciences. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2012.04.006. Jimenez_etal_accepted_curved_terminations.pdf.

Bayona, G., A. Cardona, C. Jaramillo, A. Mora, C. Montes, V. Valencia, C. Ayala, O. Montenegro, and M. Ibañez-Mejia 2012, Early Paleogene magmatism in the northern Andes: Insights on the effects of oceanic plateau-continent convergence, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 331-332, 97-111.DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.03.015  Bayona_etal_2012_Paleocene_magmatic_arc.pdf

Cardona, A., Montes, C., Ayala, C., Bustamante, C., Hoyos, N., Montenegro, O., Ojeda, C., Niño, H., Ramirez, V., Valencia, V., Rincón, D., Vervoort, J., Zapata, S., 2012, From arc-continent collision to continuous convergence, clues from Paleogene conglomerates along the southern Caribbean-South America plate boundary, Tectonophysics, v. 580, pp. 58 - 87. DOI:10.1016/j.tecto.2012.08.039. Cardona_etal_2012_SanJacinto_conglomerate.pdf.

Ayala, R.C., Bayona, G., Cardona, A., Ojeda, C., Montenegro, C., Montes, C., Valencia, V., Jaramillo, C., The Paleogene synorogenic succession in the northwestern Maracaibo block: Tracking intraplate uplifts and changes in sediment delivery systems, 2012, Journal of South American Earth Sciences. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2012.04.005 Ayala_etal_2012_Maracaibo_provenance.pdf

Montes, C., Bayona, G., Cardona, A., Buchs D., Silva, C., Morón, S., Hoyos, N., Ramírez, D. Jaramillo, C., Valencia, V., 2012, Arc-Continent Collision and Orocline Formation: Closing of the Central American Seaway, Journal of Geophysical Research, Solid Earth. doi:10.1029/2011JB008959. Montes_et_al_2012_JGR_Panama_paleomag.pdf

Whattam, S., Montes, C., McFadden, R., Cardona, A., Ramirez, D., Valencia, V. 2012, Age and origin of earliest adakitic-like magmatism in Panama: implications for the tectonic evolution of the Panamanian magmatic arc system, Lithos. v. 142-143, pp 226-244, doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2012.02.017. whattam_etal_2012_Panama.pdf.

Montes, C., Cardona, A., McFadden, R. R., Moron, S. E., Silva, C. A., Restrepo-Moreno, S. A., Ramirez, D. A., Hoyos, N., Wilson, J., Farris, D., Bayona, G. A., Jaramillo, C. A., Valencia, V., Bryan, J., and Flores, J. A., 2012, Evidence for middle Eocene and younger land emergence in Central Panama: implications for Isthmus closure: Geological Society of America Bulletin. doi:10.1130/B30528.1. Montes_etal_2012_GSAB_Panama_exhumation.pdf, Supplementary Materials: Montes_etal_2012_exhumation_DRepository.pdf

Farris, D. W., Jaramillo, C. A., Bayona, G. A., Restrepo-Moreno, S. A., Montes, C., Cardona, A., Mora, A., Speakman, R. J., Glasscock, M. D., Reiners, P., and Valencia, V., 2011 Fracturing of the Panamanian Isthmus during initial collision with South America: Geology. v. 39, n. 11, p. 1007-1010, doi:10.1130/G32237.1. Farris_etal_2011_Panama.pdf.

Bayona, G., Montes, C., Cardona, A., Jaramillo, C., Ojeda, G., Valencia, V., 2011, Intraplate response to oceanic arc-continental collision; the Ranchería basin at the southern Caribbean-South America plate margin: Basin Research, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2010.00495.x. Bayona_2011_Rancheria_basin_pivot.pdf.

Cardona, A., V. Valencia, A. Garzón, C. Montes, G. Ojeda, J. Ruiz, and M. Weber, 2010, Permian to Triassic I to S-type magmatic switch in the northeast Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and adjacent regions, Colombian Caribbean: Tectonic setting and implications within Pangea paleogeography, Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 29, 772-783. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2009.12.005 Cardona_etal_2010_Permian_triassic_snsm.pdf

Cardona, A., Valencia, V. A., Bayona, G., Duque, J., Ducea, M., Gehrels George, E., Jaramillo, C., Montes, C., Ojeda, G., and Ruiz, J., 2010, Early-subduction-related orogeny in the northern Andes; Turonian to Eocene magmatic and provenance record in the Santa Marta Massif and Rancheria Basin, northern Colombia: Terra Nova, v. 23, no. 1, p. 26-34. Cardona_etal_2010_Provenance_Sta Marta.pdf.

Montes, C., Guzmán, G., Bayona, G., Cardona, A., Valencia, V., 2010, Clockwise Rotation of the Santa Marta Massif and Simultaneous Neogene Deformation of the Plato-San Jorge and Cesar-Ranchería Basins: Journal of South American Earth Sciences, v. 29, pp. 832-848. Montes_et_al_2010_Clockwise_rotation_Santa_Marta.pdf.

Bayona, G. A., G. Jiménez, C. A. Silva, A. Cardona, C. Montes, J. H. Roncancio, and U. G. Cordani, 2010, Paleomagnetic data and K-Ar ages from Mesozoic units of the Santa Marta massif: A preliminary interpretation for block rotation and translations, Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 29, 817-831.Bayona_etal_2010_paleomag_snsm.pdf.

MacFadden, B., Kirby, M., Rincon, A., Montes, C., Morón, S., Strong, N., Jaramillo, C., 2010, Extinct peccary “Cynorca” occidentale (Tayassuidae, Tayassuinae) from the Miocene of Panama and Correlations to North America: Journal of Paleontology, v. 84, pp. 288-298. MacFadden et al 2010 Extinct peccary Cynorca occidentale.pdf.

Uhen, M. D., Coates, A. G., Jaramillo, C. A., Montes, C., Pimiento, C., Rincon, A., Strong, N., and Velez-Juarbe, J., 2010, Marine mammals from the Miocene of Panama: Journal of South American Earth Sciences, v. 30, no. 3, p. 167-175. Uhen_montes_etal_2010_Marine_mammals_Panama_JSAES.pdf.

Jaramillo, C., Ochoa, D., Contreras, L., Pagani, M., Carvajal-Ortiz, H., Pratt Lisa, M., Krishnan, S., Cardona, A., Romero, M., Quiroz, L., Rodriguez, G., Rueda Milton, J., de la Parra, F., Moron, S., Green, W., Bayona, G., Montes, C., Quintero, O., Ramirez, R., Mora, G., Schouten, S., Bermudez, H., Navarrete, R., Parra, F., Alvaran, M., Osorno, J., Crowley James, L., Valencia, V., and Vervoort Jeffrey, D., 2010, Effects of rapid global warming at the Paleocene-Eocene boundary on neotropical vegetation: Science, v. 330, p. 957-961. Jaramillo_etal_2010_PETM_vegetation.pdf.

Quintero, J. A., Candela, S. A., Rios, C. A., Montes, C., and Uribe, C., 2009, Spontaneous combustion of the Upper Paleocene Cerrejón Formation coal and generation of clinker in La Guajira Peninsula (Caribbean Region of Colombia): International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 80, p. 196-210. doi:10.1016/j.coal.2009.09.004. Quintero_etal_2009_Clinker_cerrejon.pdf

Montes, C., Hatcher, R. D., Jr, Restrepo-Pace, P. A., 2005, Tectonic reconstruction of the northern Andean blocks: oblique convergence and rotations derived from the kinematics of the Piedras-Girardot area, Colombia: Tectonophysics, v. 399, pp. 221-250. Montes_etal_2005_Tectonic reconstruction Andean Blocks.pdf.

Montes, C., Restrepo-Pace, P. A., Hatcher R. D. Jr., 2003; Three-dimensional structure and kinematics of the Piedras-Girardot foldbelt: Surface expression of transpressional deformation in the northern Andes; in Bartolini,C., Buffler, R., Blickwede, eds: The circum-Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean: Hydrocarbon habitats, basin formation and plate tectonics: American Association of Petroleoum Geologists Memoir 79, p. 849-873. Montes_etal_2003_3D_kinematicsPiedrasGirardot.PDF.

Montes, C., Hatcher R. D. Jr., 1999, Documenting Late Proterozoic rifting in the Ocoee Basin, Blue Ridge of western North Carolina: Southeastern Geology, v. 39, No 1, p. 37-50.

Amezquita F., Montes C., 1994, Seccion Geológica El Maco-Buenavista: Estructura en el sector occidental del Valle Superior del Magdalena; in Etayo-Serna, F., ed.: Estudios Geológicos del Valle Superior del Magdalena, Publicaciones Especiales de Ecopetrol; Capitulo VI, paginas VI-1 VI-36. Amezquita_Montes_93_Seccion_geologica_VSM_lr.pdf

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