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Cerro Plataforma Formation

Coordinates: 42°21′29.0″S 71°48′09.6″W / 42.358056°S 71.802667°W / -42.358056; -71.802667
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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
Coordinates42°21′29.0″S 71°48′09.6″W / 42.358056°S 71.802667°W / -42.358056; -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

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  1. ^ a b c Encinas, Alfonso; Folguera, Andrés; Bechis, Florencia; et al. (2018). "The Late Oligocene–Early Miocene Marine Transgression of Patagonia". In Folguera, A.; Contreras Reyes, E.; Heredia, N.; et al. (eds.). The Evolution of the Chilean-Argentinean Andes. Springer. pp. 443–474. ISBN 978-3-319-67774-3. Retrieved 2018-09-11.

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