Cerro Plataforma Formation
| Cerro Plataforma Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Early Miocene | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Underlies | Mid Miocene volcaniclastics |
| Overlies | Divisadero Group |
| Thickness | 130 m (430 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone, siltstone, conglomerate |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 42°21′29.0″S 71°48′09.6″W / 42.358056°S 71.802667°W |
| Region | Chubut Province |
| Country | Argentina |
| Extent | Patagonian Andes |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Cerro Plataforma |
The Cerro Plataforma Formation is a sedimentary formation cropping out at Cerro Plataforma south of Puelo Lake in the Andes of Argentine Patagonia. The formation contains marine fossils of bivalves, gastropods and echinoderms.
To the southwest in Chile lies the geologically equivalent La Cascada Formation.