Caleta Godoy Formation

Caleta Godoy Formation (Spanish: Formación Caleta Godoy) is a geological formation whose main outcrops lie around Chacao Channel in southern Chile. The formation overlies Bahía Mansa Metamorphic Complex and Santo Domingo Formation.^[1][2]

Caleta Godoy Formation
Stratigraphic range: Pliocene
Type	Geological formation
Underlies	Holocene sediments, including dunes
Overlies	Santo Domingo Formation Bahía Mansa Metamorphic Complex
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone, conglomerate, sandy tuff, coal
Location
Coordinates	41.8°S 73.5°W / -41.8; -73.5
Region	Los Ríos & Los Lagos Regions
Country	Chile
Extent	Chacao Channel
Type section
Named for	Caleta Godoy
Caleta Godoy Formation (Chile)

Description

Caleta Godoy's strata are always found horizontally even in places where the underlying Santo Domingo Formation have its strata tilted 90 degrees (angular unconformity). The formation contains mollusc fossils and ichnofossils of Ophiomorpha and Planolites can be observed. Caleta Godoy Formation was deposited in a shallow marine environment during a small marine transgression different from that associated with Santo Domingo Formation. The formation is analogous to Licancheu and Tubul Formation found further north.^[2]