Chucal Formation

Chucal Formation

Stratigraphic range:
TypeGeological formation
OverliesLupica Formation
Location
RegionArica y Parinacota Region
CountryChile

Chucal Formation (Spanish: Formación Chucal) is a volcano-sedimentary geological formation in the Andes of Arica y Parinacota Region in northernmost Chile. Sediments of the formation deposited sometime during the Miocene epoch (23 to 5 million years ago) and represent fluvial and lacustrine environments. It overlies Lupica Formation.

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