Earth:Lacui Formation

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Lacui Formation
Stratigraphic range: Serravallian
(Laventan)
~13.8–11.8 Ma
↓
TypeGeological formation
OverliesAncud Volcanic Complex
Location
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 41°50′S 74°00′W / 41.833°S 74°W / -41.833; -74
RegionChiloé Island (Los Lagos Region)
CountryChile
Type section
Named forLacuy Peninsula
Named byValenzuela
Year defined1982
Lacui Formation is located in Chile
Lacui Formation
Lacui Formation (Chile)

Lacui Formation (Spanish: Formación Lacui) is a marine Miocene sedimentary formation located in Chiloé Island with minor outcrops near Carelmapu on the mainland.[1][2] Gastropod shells are the most common macrofossils of Lacui Formation.[2] According to Sernageomin (1998) the formation dates to the earliest Serravallian — that is the Middle Miocene.[2]

South of Lacui Formation there are equivalent sedimentary rocks in the islands of Ipún, Lemo and Stoke.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Charrier, R.; Pinto, L.; Rodríguez, M.P. (2007). "Tectonostratigraphic evolution of the Andean Orogen in Chile". The Geology of Chile. Geological Society of London. pp. 92–96. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Finger, Kenneth L. (2013), "Miocene foraminifera from the south-central coast of Chile", Micropaleontology 59 (4–5): 341–492, doi:10.47894/mpal.59.4.01, Bibcode: 2013MiPal..59..341F, http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/people/klf/KLF_files/2013.Micropaleontology.pdf 
  3. ↑ Encinas, Alfonso; Folguera, Andrés; Bechis, Florencia; Finger, Kenneth L.; Zambrano, Patricio; Pérez, Felipe; Benarbé, Pablo; Tapia, Francisca et al. (2018). "The Late Oligocene–Early Miocene Marine Transgression of Patagonia". in Folguera, A.. The Evolution of the Chilean-Argentinean Andes. Springer. pp. 443–474. ISBN 978-3-319-67774-3. 

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