La Herradura Formation | |
Type: | Geological formation |
Period: | Hauterivian |
Age: | Hauterivian |
Region: | Lima Province |
Country: | Peru |
Unitof: | Morro Solar Group |
Underlies: | Salto del Fraile Formation |
Overlies: | Puente Piedra Group |
La Herradura Formation (es|Formación La Herradura) is a sedimentary formation of Lower Cretaceous age exposed near the beach of the same name in Lima, Peru. The sediments of the formation reflect a marine near-shore depositional environment.[1]