Evidence for an Early-Middle Miocene age of the Navidad Formation (central Chile): Paleontological, paleoclimatic and tectonic implications Evidencias de una edad miocena temprana-media de la Formación Navidad: Implicancias paleontológicas, paleoclimáticas y tectónicas

• Main Authors: Néstor M Gutiérrez, Luis F Hinojosa, Jacobus P Le Roux, Viviana Pedroza
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería (SERNAGEOMIN) 2013
• Subjects: Especies indicadoras de foraminíferos; Óptimo Climático del Mioceno Medio; Tectonismo andino; Diagonal Arido; Foraminifer index species; Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum; Andean tectonics; Arid Diagonal; Geology; QE1-996.5; Fósiles; Navidad; Pacific; Neogloboquadrina pachyderma
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/e6b0db60bf6847ea8f33348d7a499ac5

The age of the Navidad Formation in central Chile has always been controversial, mainly due to the conflicting age ranges indicated by its macro- and microfossils. Macrofossils are generally interpreted as having been reworked from older, Early to Middle Miocene strata, whereas a Late Miocene-Plioce...