Cerro Plataforma Formation | |
---|---|
Stratigraphic range: Early Miocene | |
Type | Geological formation |
Underlies | Mid Miocene volcaniclastics |
Overlies | Divisadero Group |
Thickness | 130 m (430 ft) |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone, siltstone, conglomerate |
Location | |
Coordinates | 42°21′29.0″S 71°48′09.6″W / 42.358056°S 71.802667°W |
Region | Chubut Province |
Country | Argentina |
Extent | Patagonian Andes |
Type section | |
Named for | Cerro Plataforma |
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]