Campanario Formation

Campanario Formation
Stratigraphic range: Upper Miocene–Lower Pliocene
Type Geological formation
Lithology
Primary Tuff, breccia, welded tuff, andesite lava, dacite lava
Location
Region Maule Region
Bío Bío Region
Neuquén Province
Country  Chile
 Argentina
Type section
Named by Robert E. Drake, 1974

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

References

  1. ↑ "Estudio hidrogeológico cuenca bío bío - Dga" (PDF).
  2. ↑ Geología y estructuras del limite Mesozoico-Cenozoico de la cordillera principal entre 35º30' y 36º S, región del Maule, Chile
  3. ↑ "Ñuble geological map" (PDF).
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