Azapa Formation

Azapa Formation
Stratigraphic range: Oligocene
Underlies	Oxaya Formation
Lithology
Primary	Fluvial gravel
Location
Region	Arica y Parinacota Region
Country	Chile

Azapa Formation (Spanish: Formación Azapa) is a geological formation in northern Chile made up of gravels of fluvial origin. It is conformably overlain by Oxaya Formation.^[1] Azapa Formation is deformed by the Oxaya anticline.^[2]

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Sedimentary formations and groups in Chile

Cenozoic

Neogene

Quaternary	Caldera Beds Cola de Zorro Fm. La Montaña Fm. Malleco Fm. Niebla Beds Tubul Fm.
Pliocene	Bahía Inglesa Fm. Caleta Godoy Fm. Caleta Herradura Fm. Cola de Zorro Fm. Coquimbo Fm. La Portada Fm. Lauca Fm. Malleco Fm. Mininco Fm. Salin Fm.
Miocene	Abanico Fm. Angostura Fm. Ayacara Fm. Bahía Inglesa Fm. Caleta Herradura Fm. Campanario Fm. Chaicayán Gp. Cheuquemó Fm. Cholchol Fm. Chucal Fm. Coquimbo Fm. Cura-Mallín Gp. Farellones Fm. La Cascada Fm. Lacui Fm. La Portada Fm. Lauca Fm. Navidad Fm. Oxaya Fm. Parga Fm. Puduhuapi Fm. Pupunahue Beds Quebrada Macusa Fm. Ranquil Fm. Río Frías Fm. Salin Fm. San Pedro Beds Santo Domingo Fm. Temuco Fm. Traiguén Fm. Trapa-Trapa Fm. Vargas Fm.

Paleogene

Mesozoic

Cretaceous	Arqueros Fm. Baños del Flaco Fm. Cerro Colorado Fm. Chacarilla Fm. Chañarcillo Gp. Coihaique Gp. Divisadero Gp. Dorotea Fm. Hornitos Fm. La Liga Fm. Ñirehuao Fm. Punta del Cobre Fm. Purilactis Gp. Quebrada Marquesa Fm. Quebrada Monardes Fm. Quiriquina Fm. Viñita Fm. Way Gp. Zapata Fm.
Jurassic	Chacarilla Fm. Coihaique Gp. Ibáñez Fm. La Liga Fm. La Negra Fm. Lautaro Fm. Nacientes del Biobío Fm. Nacientes del Teno Fm. Pan de Azúcar Fm. Tres Cruces Fm. Tobífera Fm.
Triassic	Canto del Agua Fm. Choiyoi Gp. Panguipulli Fm. Santa Juana Fm. Tralcán Fm.

Paleozoic

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