Lago Colhué Huapí Formation
The Lago Colhué Huapí Formation is a Late Cretaceous geologic formation of the Chubut Group in the Golfo San Jorge Basin in Patagonia, Argentina. The formation, named after Lake Colhué Huapí, is overlain by the Salamanca Formation of the Río Chico Group and in some areas by the Laguna Palacios Formation.
| Lago Colhué Huapí Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Campanian-Maastrichtian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Chubut Group |
| Underlies | Laguna Palacios Formation and Río Chico Group (Salamanca Formation) |
| Overlies | Bajo Barreal Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Tuff |
| Other | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 45.6°S 68.5°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 48.2°S 55.2°W |
| Region | Central Patagonia |
| Country | Argentina |
| Extent | Golfo San Jorge Basin |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Lake Colhué Huapí |
Lago Colhué Huapí Formation (Argentina) | |
The strata of the Lago Colhué Huapé Formation were thought to pertain to the Bajo Barreal Formation, but are now recognized as a distinct stratigraphic unit in their own right.
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