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Azapa Formation

Index Azapa Formation

Azapa Formation (Formación Azapa) is a geological formation in northern Chile made up of gravels of fluvial origin. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 9 relations: Arica y Parinacota Region, Fluvial sediment processes, Gravel, Norte Grande, Oligocene, Oxaya anticline, Oxaya Formation, Terra Nova (journal), Unconformity.

  2. Geology of Arica y Parinacota Region
  3. Oligocene Series of South America
  4. Oligocene volcanism

Arica y Parinacota Region

The Arica y Parinacota Region (Región de Arica y Parinacota) is one of Chile's 16 first order administrative divisions.

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Fluvial sediment processes

In geography and geology, fluvial sediment processes or fluvial sediment transport are associated with rivers and streams and the deposits and landforms created by sediments.

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Gravel

Gravel is a loose aggregation of rock fragments.

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Norte Grande

The Norte Grande (Big North, Far North, Great North) is one of the five natural regions into which CORFO divided continental Chile in 1950.

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Oligocene

The Oligocene is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present (to). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the epoch are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the epoch are slightly uncertain.

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Oxaya anticline

The Oxaya anticline is a large north–south aligned anticline and buckle in the Chilean Andes west of the Altiplano Plateau. Azapa Formation and Oxaya anticline are geology of Arica y Parinacota Region.

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Oxaya Formation

Oxaya Formation (Formación Oxaya) is a geological formation in northern Chile made up of ignimbrite sheets. Azapa Formation and Oxaya Formation are geologic formations of Chile, geology of Arica y Parinacota Region, Neogene Chile, Oligocene Series of South America and Oligocene volcanism.

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Terra Nova (journal)

Terra Nova is a peer-reviewed scientific journal about geology and planetary science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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Unconformity

An unconformity is a buried erosional or non-depositional surface separating two rock masses or strata of different ages, indicating that sediment deposition was not continuous.

See Azapa Formation and Unconformity

See also

Geology of Arica y Parinacota Region

Oligocene Series of South America

Oligocene volcanism

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azapa_Formation