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Cerro Negro Formation

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Type
  
Formation

Other
  
Marl

Region
  
Buenos Aires Province

Primary
  
Slate, Sandstone

Underlies
  
Balcarce Formation

Country
  
Argentina

Overlies
  
Sierra Bayas Group

Cerro Negro Group is a sedimentary formation of Ediacaran age in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The formation crops out along the Tandilia System, a chain of hills made up by of ancient rocks. Together with the formations of the underlying Sierra Bayas Group it is contains the oldest sedimentary formations in Argentina that have not been subject to significant metamorphism or deformation. In 2015 a complete revision of the formation was proposed.

References

Cerro Negro Formation Wikipedia