Earth:Cerro Plataforma Formation

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Cerro Plataforma Formation
Stratigraphic range: Early Miocene
TypeGeological formation
UnderliesMid Miocene volcaniclastics
OverliesDivisadero Group
Thickness130 m (430 ft)
Lithology
PrimarySandstone, siltstone, conglomerate
Location
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 42°21′29.0″S 71°48′09.6″W / 42.35806°S 71.802667°W / -42.35806; -71.802667
RegionChubut Province
CountryArgentina
ExtentPatagonian Andes
Type section
Named forCerro Plataforma
Cerro Plataforma Formation is located in Argentina
Cerro Plataforma Formation
Cerro Plataforma Formation (Argentina)

The Cerro Plataforma Formation is a sedimentary formation cropping out at Cerro Plataforma south of Puelo Lake in the Andes of Argentine Patagonia.[1] The formation contains marine fossils of bivalves, gastropods and echinoderms.[1]

To the southwest in Chile lies the geologically equivalent La Cascada Formation.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Encinas, Alfonso; Folguera, Andrés; Bechis, Florencia et al. (2018). "The Late Oligocene–Early Miocene Marine Transgression of Patagonia". The Evolution of the Chilean-Argentinean Andes. Springer. pp. 443–474. ISBN 978-3-319-67774-3. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324183210. Retrieved 2018-09-11. 

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