Azapa Formation Explained

Azapa Formation
Period:Oligocene
Age:Oligocene
Prilithology:Fluvial gravel
Region:Arica y Parinacota Region

Azapa Formation (Spanish; Castilian: Formación Azapa) is a geological formation in northern Chile made up of gravels of fluvial origin. It is conformably overlain by Oxaya Formation.[1] Azapa Formation is deformed by the Oxaya anticline.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Age and structure of the Oxaya Anticline: A major feature of the Miocene compressive structures of northernmost Chile . García . Marcelo . Herail . Gérard . Charrier . Reynaldo. Reynaldo Charrier . 1999 . 249–252 . Goettingen, Germany . Fourth ISAG .
  2. Zeilinger. Gerold. Schlunegger. Fritz. Simpson. Guy. 2005. The Oxaya anticline (northern Chile): a buckle enhanced by river incision?. Terra Nova. 17. 368–375.

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