Campanario Formation

Campanario Formation
Campanario Formation
Stratigraphic range : Late Miocene ? Early Pliocene
Type	Geological formation
Lithology
Primary	Tuff , breccia , welded tuff, andesite lava , dacite lava
Location
Coordinates	36°00′S 71°36′W / 36.0°S 71.6°W
Region	Maule & Bio Bio Regions ; Neuquen Province
Country	Chile, Argentina
Type section
Named by	Robert E. Drake
Year defined	1974
	Campanario Formation (Chile)

Campanario Formation ( Spanish : Formacion Campanario ) is a Miocene geological formation in the high Andes of Central Chile and northern Neuquen Province in Argentina. The formation crops out around the upper parts of the basins of Maule and Nuble rivers. ^[1]^[2]^[3]

References [ edit ]

[1] "Estudio hidrogeologico cuenca bio bio - Dga" (PDF) .

[2] Geologia y estructuras del limite Mesozoico-Cenozoico de la cordillera principal entre 35º30' y 36º S, region del Maule, Chile

[3] "Nuble geological map" (PDF) .

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