Chucal Formation
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.
| Chucal Formation | |
|---|---|
Stratigraphic range: | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Overlies | Lupica Formation |
| Location | |
| Region | Arica y Parinacota Region |
| Country | Chile |
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