Cholchol Formation
Geological formation composed of sediments
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Cholchol Formation (Chile)
Cholchol Formation (Spanish: Formación Cholchol) is a geological formation composed of sediments that were deposited during the Miocene in the Temuco Basin of south–central Chile. The sediments were deposited in a marine environment.[1]
References
- ^ Elgueta, Sara (1990). "Sedimentación marina y paleogeografía del Terciario Superior de la Cuenca de Temuco, Chile". Actas. Segundo Simposio sobre el Terciario de Chile (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Departamento de Geociencias, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Concepción. pp. 85–96.
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