Caleta Godoy Formation

Caleta Godoy Formation
Stratigraphic range: Pliocene
TypeGeological formation
UnderliesHolocene sediments, including dunes
OverliesSanto Domingo Formation
Bahía Mansa Metamorphic Complex
Lithology
PrimarySandstone, conglomerate, sandy tuff, coal
Location
Coordinates41°48′S 73°30′W / 41.8°S 73.5°W / -41.8; -73.5
RegionLos Ríos & Los Lagos Regions
Country Chile
ExtentChacao Channel
Type section
Named forCaleta Godoy
Caleta Godoy Formation is located in Chile
Caleta Godoy Formation
Caleta Godoy Formation (Chile)

Caleta Godoy Formation (Spanish: Formación Caleta Godoy) is a geological formation whose main outcrops lie around Chacao Channel in southern Chile. The formation overlies Bahía Mansa Metamorphic Complex and Santo Domingo Formation.[1][2]

  1. ^ Valenzuela Ayala, Eduardo (1982). "Estratigrafía de la Boca Occidental del Canal de Chacao, X Región, Chile". Congreso Geológico Chileno (in Spanish). Vol. 3, Actas. pp. A343–A376.
  2. ^ Encinas, Alfonso; Finger, Kenneth L.; Buatois, Luis A.; Peterson, Dawn E. (2012), "Major forearc subsidence and deep-marine Miocene sedimentation in the present Coastal Cordillera and Longitudinal Depression of south-central Chile (38°30'–41°45'S)", Geological Society of America Bulletin, 124 (7–8): 1262–1277, doi:10.1130/b30567.1, hdl:10533/135235