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Nacientes del Teno Formation
Stratigraphic range: BajocianOxfordian
TypeGeologic formation
Location
RegionMaule Region
Country Chile
Type section
Named forTeno River

Nacientes del Teno Formation (Spanish: Formación Nacientes del Teno) is a geological formation that crops out near the uppermost reaches of Teno River, in the Andes of central Chile. The formation is similar to Nacientes del Biobío Formation further south.

References

  1. Junkin, William; Gans, Phillip (2019). "Stratigraphy and geochronology of the Nacientes del Teno and Río Damas Formations: insights into Middle to Late Jurassic Andean volcanism". Geosphere. 15 (2): 450–605. doi:10.1130/GES01698.1.
  2. Piquer, José; Castelli, Juan Carlos; Charrier, Reynado; Yáñez, Gonzalo (2010). "El Cenozoico del alto río Teno, Cordillera Principal, Chile central: estratigrafía, plutonismo y su relación con estructuras profundas". Andean Geology. 37 (1): 32–53. doi:10.4067/S0718-71062010000100002.
  3. Suárez, M. and Emparan, C. (1997). Hoja Curacautín, Carta geológica de Chile.
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