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Figure 8. Same cross-section as Figure 5. Three main thrust systems (red, blue, and green) with different basal detachment, emplaced at different periods of time forming structures with different wavelength. The oldest system in red is interpreted to be bisected (in two), after the first emplacement of the Pirital thrust system (painted in blue), burying some of the structures with depth to the south (Monagas giant oil field) and exposing the others in the outcropping ranges. The oldest system (painted in green) would reactivate the main Pirital thrust, uplifting and rotating the Pirital high and forming the Morichito Basin.