Azuero Proto-arc Gr

Neogene

Paleogene

Cretaceous

Compiled by: Jacques LeBlanc (2021), Stratigraphic Lexicon: The Onshore Cenozoic Sedimentary Formations of The Republic of Panama. Biosis: Biological Systems, vol. 2/1, 1-173. https://doi.org/10.37819/biosis.002.01.0095(or via https://sites.google.com/site/leblancjacques).

Azuero Proto-arc Gr

Period:

Cretaceous

Age Interval:

Late Campanian

Province:
Tonosí & Azuero basin

Type Locality and Naming

N/A

Synonym:

Lithology and Thickness

Not mentioned in the main text. See picture below for more details.

[Figure. Top - Simplified stratigraphic column for the Azuero Peninsula showing the interval assigned to the Río Quema Fm. Perelló et al. (2020) (Material reproduced with the permission of the editor). Bottom - Idealized stratigraphic section of the Río Quema Fm: A) Pillow basalts of the Azuero Igneous Basement at Río Joaquín. B) Volcaniclastic sediments of the Río Quema Fm lower unit at Río Quema. C) Hemipelagic limestones from the Río Quema Fm limestone unit south of Río Quema. D) Volcaniclastic and hemipelagic sediments crosscut by a basaltic-andesitic dike of the Río Quema Fm upper unit north of Río Quema. E) Fossiliferous calcarenite of the Tonosí Fm at Río Güerita. Corral et al. (2011).]

Lithology Pattern:

Clayey sandstone

Relationships and Distribution

Lower contact

Oceanic Basement

Upper contact

Río Quema Fm

Regional extent

Azuero Peninsula

GeoJSON

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Fossils

Age

Age Span:

Beginning stage:

Campanian

Fraction up in beginning stage:

0.75

Beginning date (Ma):

75.04

Ending stage:

Maastrichtian

Fraction up in the ending stage:

Ending date (Ma):

72.17

Depositional setting

Depositional pattern:

Additional Information

References: Jacques LeBlanc (2021), Stratigraphic Lexicon: The Onshore Cenozoic Sedimentary Formations of The Republic of Panama. Page 42 &127.

Compiler:

Jacques LeBlanc (2021), Stratigraphic Lexicon: The Onshore Cenozoic Sedimentary Formations of The Republic of Panama. Biosis: Biological Systems, 2(1), 173 pp. https://doi.org/10.37819/biosis.002.01.0095 (or via https://sites.google.com/site/leblancjacques)