Cerro Plataforma Formation
The Cerro Plataforma Formation is a sedimentary formation cropping out at Cerro Plataforma south of Puelo Lake in the Andes of Argentine Patagonia. The formation contains marine fossils of bivalves, gastropods and echinoderms.
To the southwest in Chile lies the geologically equivalent La Cascada Formation.
References
- ^ 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.
Further reading
- Orts, D. L.; A. Folguera; A. Encinas; M. Ramos; J. Tobal; V. A. Ramos (June 2012). "Tectonic development of the North Patagonian Andes and their related Miocene foreland basin (41°30'-43°S)". Tectonics. 31 (3): TC3012. Bibcode:2012Tecto..31.3012O. doi:10.1029/2011TC003084. hdl:11336/68465.
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