Azapa Formation

Azapa Formation
Stratigraphic range: Oligocene
Underlies Oxaya Formation
Lithology
Primary Fluvial gravel
Location
Region Arica y Parinacota Region
Country Chile

Azapa Formation (Spanish: Formación Azapa) is a geological formation in northern Chile made up of gravels of fluvial origin. It is conformably overlain by Oxaya Formation.[1]

References

  1. García, Marcelo; Herail, Gérard; Charrier, Reynaldo (1999). Age and structure of the Oxaya Anticline: A major feature of the Miocene compressive structures of northernmost Chile (PDF). Fourth ISAG. Goettingen, Germany. pp. 249–252.
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