“…Most structural style models show thick and thinskinned tectonics for the boundaries of the belt (at the southern part of the Floresta Massif), J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f where pure shear compression is the predominant mechanism (Colletta et al, 1990;Toro, 1990;Dengo and Covey, 1993;Cooper et al, 1995;Roeder and Chamberlain, 1995;Toro et al, 2004, Saylor, et al, 2012a. However, simple shear and sinistral kinematics have also been recognized along the Eastern Cordillera (Kammer, 1996(Kammer, , 1999Taboada et al, 2000;Sarmiento, 2001;Cediel et al, 2003;Velandia, 2005;Acosta et al, 2007Velandia et al, 2020;Machuca et al, 2021).…”