Chucal Formation
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (January 2023) |
| Chucal Formation | |
|---|---|
Stratigraphic range: | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Overlies | Lupica Formation |
| Location | |
| Region | Arica y Parinacota Region |
| Country | Chile |
Chucal Formation (Spanish: Formación Chucal) is a volcano-sedimentary geological formation in the Andes of Arica y Parinacota Region in northernmost Chile. Sediments of the formation deposited sometime during the Miocene epoch (23 to 5 million years ago) and represent fluvial and lacustrine environments.[1] It overlies Lupica Formation.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Charrier, Reynaldo; Chávez, Álvaro N.; Elgueta, Sara; Hérail, Gérard; Flynn, John J.; Croft, Darin A.; Wyss, André R.; Riquelme, Rodrigo; García, Marcelo (2005). "Rapid tectonic and paleogeographic evolution associated with the development of the Chucal anticline and the Chucal-Lauca Basin in the Altiplano of Arica, northern Chile". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 19 (1): 35–54.
