Cerro Plataforma Formation | |
Type: | Geological formation |
Period: | Miocene |
Age: | Early Miocene |
Prilithology: | Sandstone, siltstone, conglomerate |
Namedfor: | Cerro Plataforma |
Region: | Chubut Province |
Country: | Argentina |
Coordinates: | -42.3581°N -71.8027°W |
Underlies: | Mid Miocene volcaniclastics |
Overlies: | Divisadero Group |
Thickness: | 130m (430feet) |
Extent: | Patagonian Andes |
The Cerro Plataforma Formation is a sedimentary formation cropping out at Cerro Plataforma south of Puelo Lake in the Andes of Argentine Patagonia.[1] The formation contains marine fossils of bivalves, gastropods and echinoderms.[1] To the southwest in Chile lies the geologically equivalent La Cascada Formation.[1]