The Playa Hermosa formation, Playa Verde basin, Uruguay

• Published in: Geological Society, London, Memoirs
• Main Authors: Pazos, Pablo Jose, Rapalini, Augusto Ernesto, Bettucci Sanchez, Leda, Tofalo, Ofelia Rita de Las Mercedes
• Other Authors: Arnaud, Emanuel, Halverson, Galen, Shields-Zhou, Graham
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Geological Society of London
• Subjects: Rio de la Plata craton; Neoproterozoic; Playa Hermosa; Glaciations; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Uruguay; Augusto; Pablo; Leda; Geomagnetic Pole
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/144654

The Playa Hermosa Formation (Fm.) (Playa Verde Basin) is a volcano-sedimentary unit that crops out in the extreme south of the Dom Feliciano Belt in Uruguay. This formation has traditionally been interpreted as non-glacial in origin, but recently it has been suggested that the lower part at least ma...