{"id":14718,"date":"2025-11-19T17:56:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T17:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stesa.com\/mapas\/?post_type=ficha&#038;p=14718"},"modified":"2025-12-11T23:44:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T23:44:39","slug":"mapa-geologico-de-guatemala","status":"publish","type":"ficha","link":"https:\/\/stesa.com\/mapas\/doc\/mapa-geologico-de-guatemala\/","title":{"rendered":"Mapa geol\u00f3gico de Guatemala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><label style=\"font-size: 15px;\">Mapa geol\u00f3gico de Guatemala <a href=\"https:\/\/stesa.com\/mapas\/wp-content\/uploads\/14718\/Mapa-geologico-de-Guatemala.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(formato PDF)<\/a>.<\/label><\/p>\n<p><strong>Geolog\u00eda de Guatemala<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>La geolog\u00eda de Guatemala es una de las m\u00e1s complejas y activas de Am\u00e9rica, debido a que el pa\u00eds se encuentra en una zona de interacci\u00f3n entre placas tect\u00f3nicas, con numerosos volcanes, fallas y una gran variedad de rocas y estructuras geol\u00f3gicas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Marco tect\u00f3nico<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guatemala se ubica sobre tres placas tect\u00f3nicas principales:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Placa del Caribe (bajo la mayor parte del pa\u00eds)<\/li>\n<li>Placa de Norteam\u00e9rica (al noreste, especialmente en Pet\u00e9n)<\/li>\n<li>Placa de Cocos (frente a la costa del Pac\u00edfico)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>La subducci\u00f3n de la Placa de Cocos bajo la Placa del Caribe genera intensa actividad volc\u00e1nica y s\u00edsmica.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cintur\u00f3n Volc\u00e1nico<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Atraviesa el sur de Guatemala y forma la famosa Cadena Volc\u00e1nica Centroamericana.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Volcanes principales<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guatemala posee m\u00e1s de 30 volcanes, algunos de ellos activos:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Volc\u00e1n de Fuego (uno de los m\u00e1s activos de Am\u00e9rica)<\/li>\n<li>Pacaya (activo y accesible)<\/li>\n<li>Santiaguito (domo activo cerca de Quetzaltenango)<\/li>\n<li>Tajumulco (4,220 m, el m\u00e1s alto de Centroam\u00e9rica)<\/li>\n<li>Acatenango (muy frecuentado por excursionistas)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Los volcanes se formaron por la subducci\u00f3n del Pac\u00edfico y producen rocas \u00edgneas como andesitas, basaltos y dacitas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Regiones geol\u00f3gicas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Guatemala se divide en varias provincias geol\u00f3gicas:<\/p>\n<p><strong>a) Altiplano Occidental<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rocas \u00edgneas y metam\u00f3rficas.<\/li>\n<li>Zona altamente s\u00edsmica con fallas activas, como la Falla del Motagua.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>b) Altiplano Central<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Formado por rocas volc\u00e1nicas j\u00f3venes.<\/li>\n<li>Llanuras y mesetas alrededor de Guatemala, Solol\u00e1 y Chimaltenango.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>c) Cordillera Volc\u00e1nica<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cadena de volcanes recientes.<\/li>\n<li>Dominio de materiales pirocl\u00e1sticos, lavas y cenizas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>d) Tierras Bajas del Pet\u00e9n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rocas sedimentarias (calizas, dolomitas) del periodo Cret\u00e1cico.<\/li>\n<li>Relacionada geol\u00f3gicamente con la pen\u00ednsula de Yucat\u00e1n.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>e) Regi\u00f3n del Caribe e Izabal<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Depresiones tect\u00f3nicas<\/li>\n<li>Rocas metam\u00f3rficas y varias fallas importantes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>4. Fallas geol\u00f3gicas importantes<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Falla del Motagua: parte del l\u00edmite entre las placas del Caribe y Norteam\u00e9rica. Es una falla transformante activa.<\/li>\n<li>Falla del Polochic: paralela al Motagua.<\/li>\n<li>Falla Jocot\u00e1n-Chamelec\u00f3n: al oriente del pa\u00eds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Estas fallas son responsables de la actividad s\u00edsmica frecuente en el pa\u00eds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Tipos de rocas comunes<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00cdgneas: andesitas, basaltos, riolitas (en zonas volc\u00e1nicas).<\/li>\n<li>Sedimentarias: calizas, areniscas, margas (especialmente en el Pet\u00e9n).<\/li>\n<li>Metam\u00f3rficas: esquistos, gneises (regiones orientales y del Motagua).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>6. Riesgos geol\u00f3gicos en Guatemala<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sismos (por fallas activas).<\/li>\n<li>Erupciones volc\u00e1nicas.<\/li>\n<li>Lahares y deslizamientos en temporada de lluvias.<\/li>\n<li>Tsunamis en la costa del Pac\u00edfico (poco frecuentes pero posibles).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Resumen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>La geolog\u00eda guatemalteca es el resultado de la interacci\u00f3n entre placas tect\u00f3nicas, la subducci\u00f3n oce\u00e1nica y millones de a\u00f1os de actividad volc\u00e1nica y sedimentaria. Por ello, el pa\u00eds presenta volcanes activos, frecuentes sismos y una diversidad de paisajes rocosos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La geolog\u00eda de Guatemala es una de las m\u00e1s complejas y activas de Am\u00e9rica, debido a que el pa\u00eds se encuentra en una zona de interacci\u00f3n entre placas tect\u00f3nicas,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14719,"template":"","categoria_ficha":[2114],"class_list":["post-14718","ficha","type-ficha","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria_ficha-mapas-de-guatemala"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mapa geol\u00f3gico de Guatemala - Galer\u00eda de mapas<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gifex.com\/mapas\/doc\/mapa-geologico-de-guatemala\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mapa geol\u00f3gico de Guatemala - 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