Oxaya_Formation

Oxaya Formation

Oxaya Formation

Geological formation in northern Chile

Oxaya Formation (Spanish: Formación Oxaya) is a geological formation in northern Chile made up of ignimbrite sheets. The formation formed about 25 to 19 million years ago in the Late Oligocene and Early Miocene.[1] Oxaya Formation is deformed by the Oxaya anticline.[2]

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References

  1. [1]
    García, Marcelo; Herail, Gérard; Charrier, Reynaldo (1999). Age and structure of the Oxaya Anticline: A major feature of the Miocene compressive structures of northernmost Chile (PDF). Fourth ISAG. Goettingen, Germany. pp. 249–252.
  2. [2]
    Zeilinger, Gerold; Schlunegger, Fritz; Simpson, Guy (2005). "The Oxaya anticline (northern Chile): a buckle enhanced by river incision?". Terra Nova (17): 368–375.
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