• Source: 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.




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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.

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Cerro Plataforma Formation
• Cerro
• Divisadero Group
• Ihuatzio (archaeological site)
• Argentina–Chile relations
• Venezuela
• Friasian
• Tectonic evolution of Patagonia
• Pampas Grande