Santo Domingo Formation

Santo Domingo Formation
Stratigraphic range: Miocene
Type	Geological formation
Underlies	Pliocene and Quaternary sediments including Caleta Godoy Formation
Overlies	Bahía Mansa Metamorphic Complex, Cretaceous granitoids, Cheuquemó Formation, Estratos de Pupunahue
Thickness	Up to 110 m (360 ft) at surface[1] 1,500 m (4,900 ft) in subsurface[2]
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone, siltstone, mudstone
Other	Conglomerate
Location
Coordinates	40°00′S 73°00′W / 40.0°S 73.0°W / -40.0; -73.0
Region	Los Ríos & Los Lagos Regions
Country	Chile
Extent	Osorno–Llanquihue & Valdivia Basins
Type section
Named for	Cuesta Santo Domingo
Named by	Martínez Pardo & Pino
Year defined	1979
Santo Domingo Formation (Chile) Location of type section in Chile

Santo Domingo Formation (Spanish: Formación Santo Domingo) is a mainly marine Miocene sedimentary formation located in south–central Chile.^[1][3] The formation was defined by R. Martínez Pardo and Mario Pino in 1979 and named after the roadcut locality they studied about 19 kilometres (12 mi) southeast of Valdivia.^[1][2] Sediments of the formation accumulated in Valdivia and Osorno–Llanquihue Basin.^[3]

The formations overlie a basement consisting of metamorphic and igneous rocks, the Bahía Mansa Metamorphic Complex and Cretaceous granitoids, respectively. In parts, it further overlies the coal–bearing Pupunahue–Catamutún Formation.^[1] The sedimentary facies of the Santo Domingo Formation are composed of sandstone, siltstone, and mudstone with smaller amounts of conglomerate.^[2] The formation underlies Pliocene and Quaternary sediments.^[2]

Fossil content

Some of the trace fossils that can be found in the Santo Domingo Formation are Zoophycos isp., Chondrites isp., Phycoshiphon isp., Ophiomorpha isp. Thalassinoides isp., Asterosoma isp., and Terebellina isp.^[4]

The benthic foraminifera found in the Santo Domingo Formation are broadly similar to those found in other Chilean sedimentary formations of the Neogene, like the Navidad Formation of Central Chile, Ranquil Formation of Arauco Province, and Lacui Formation of Chiloé Island. ^[5] The most common formaineral species of the Santo Domingo Formation are Hansenisca altiformis, Rectuvigerina transversa, and Sphaeroidina bulloides.^[6]

See also

• Ancud Volcanic Complex
• Panguipulli Batholith

References

Bibliography

• Elgueta, Sara; McDonough, Michael; Le Roux, Jacobus; Urqueta, Esteban & Duhart, Paul (2000), Estratigrafía y sedimentología de las cuencas Terciarias de la Región de Los Lagos (39-41°30'S) (in Spanish), Santiago, Chile: Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería, ISSN 0020-3939
• Encinas, Alfonso; Finger, Kenneth L.; Buatois, Luis A.; Peterson, Dawn E. (2012), "Major forearc subsidence and deep-marine Miocene sedimentation in the present Coastal Cordillera and Longitudinal Depression of south-central Chile (38°30'–41°45'S)", Geological Society of America Bulletin, 124 (7–8): 1262–1277, doi:10.1130/b30567.1, hdl:10533/135235
• Encinas, Alfonso; Buatois, Luis A.; Finger, Kenneth L. (2008), "Paleoecological and paleoenvironmental implications of a high-density Chondrites association in slope deposits of the Neogene Santo Domingo Formation, Valdivia, south-central Chile", Ameghiniana, 45 (1): 225–231
• Finger, Kenneth L. (2013), "Miocene foraminifera from the south-central coast of Chile", Micropaleontology, 59 (4–5): 341–492, retrieved 2019-02-21

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