Casma Group

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Casma Group
Stratigraphic range: Albian-Cenomanian
Type Geological group
Lithology
Primary Limestone, marl, sandstone, conglomerate
Other Gypsum, tuff
Location
Coordinates 10°54′S76°48′W / 10.9°S 76.8°W / -10.9; -76.8
Region Casma Province, Ancash Region
Country Peru
Extent West Peruvian Basin
Type section
Named for Casma
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Casma Group (Peru)

The Casma Group (Spanish : Grupo Casma) is a stratigraphic group of Cretaceous (Albian to Cenomanian) sedimentary formations exposed along the coast and within the Cordillera Occidental near Casma, Peru.

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Description

The sediments of the Casma Group reflect deposition in two distinct environments of the West Peruvian Basin. Some sediments were deposited near the Casma Volcanic Arc in an intra-cratonic sedimentary basin that was occasionally connected to the ocean. Other sediments were deposited in what was once a continental platform bounded by reefs and with anoxic pockets. [1]

Together with the Morro Solar and Imperial Groups, the Casma Group contains clastic volcanosedimentary material derivative of the Mesozoic Casma Volcanic Arc. [2] The folding of the Casma Group sediments is the result of the Cretaceous Mochica Phase of the Andean orogeny. [2] The group is intruded by plutons of the Coastal Batholith of Peru. [2]

The Casma Group include the following lithologies: gypsum, limestone, marl, tuff, lava flows, sandstone and conglomerate. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Compare et al, 1983
  2. 1 2 3 Pfiffner & González, 2013

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