Estratos de San Pedro explained

Estratos de San Pedro
Period:Oligocene
Age:EoceneMiocene
Prilithology:Conglomerate, sandstone, mudstone
Otherlithology:Lignite
Namedfor:San Pedro River
Namedby:Juan Brüggen
Region:Los Ríos Region
Country:Chile
Underlies:Quaternary sediments
Overlies:Trafún Metamorphic Complex
Thickness:ca. 1000m (3,000feet)

Estratos de San Pedro is the name given to the sedimentary strata of Paleogene age that crop out along San Pedro River, southern Chile. The strata were initially described by Juan Brüggen and later briefly investigated by Henning Illies who estimated their thickness at 1000m (3,000feet).[1] The strata are made up of conglomerate, sandstone and mudstone (Chilean Spanish: fangolita). The clasts of the conglomerates are made up of metamorphic rock and the disposition of the conglomerates varies from clast-supported to matrix-supported. The sandstone and mudstone contains layers of lignite coal that exceed 30cm (10inches) in thickness.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Elgueta . Sara. Le Roux . Jacobus . Duhart . Paul . McDonough. Michael . Urqueta. Esteban . Estratigrafía y sedimentología de la cuencas terciarias de la Región de Los Lagos (39-41°30'S. Spanish. Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería. 14. Santiago, Chile. 0020-3939.