Pisco Basin - Wikipedia
Pisco Basin (Spanish: Cuenca de Pisco) is a sedimentary basin extending over 300 kilometres (190 mi) in southwestern Peru. [1] The basin has a 2 kilometres (6,600 ft) thick sedimentary fill, which is about half the thickness of more northern foreland basins in Peru.
Pisco Formation - Wikipedia
The Pisco Formation is a geologic formation located in Peru, on the southern coastal desert of Ica and Arequipa. The approximately 640 metres (2,100 ft) thick formation was deposited in the Pisco Basin, spanning an age from the Late Miocene up to …
The exceptional paleontological site in the Peruvian Pisco Basin
Marine sediments accumulated in the Pisco Basin from ca. 40 to 5 million years ago (Di Celma et al., 2022). The inhabitants of this ancient sea bay are now exposed to the desert due to tectonic uplift and erosion.
Microfossil Samples from the East Pisco Basin, southern Peru
Dec 4, 2024 · The following database provides location and description of samples from the East Pisco Basin, checklists of microfossil assemblages, and taxonomic notes for those assemblages.
Nearly complete fossil of 9-million-year-old great white shark …
3 days ago · The Pisco Basin is a hot, desert area famed for frequent discoveries of ancient marine species and was an extensive sea in ancient times, making it a reservoir of marine fossils.
Towards deciphering the Cenozoic evolution of the East Pisco Basin ...
May 7, 2022 · The East Pisco Basin (EPB) is a NW-SE elongated depression belonging to the Peruvian forearc system ( Figure 1 a) and, because of its excellent exposure, it is a natural laboratory for the study of the stratigraphic architecture and deformation of forearc basins.
Chronology and Paleoenvironment of the Tunga Formation, a new …
Sep 20, 2024 · The East Pisco Basin, occupying the coastal plain of Peru between 13°S and 16°S, is widely known for its extensive Eocene to Quaternary biosiliceous deposits and excellent preservation of fossil marine vertebrates.
Full article: Stratigraphic framework of the late Miocene Pisco ...
Dec 14, 2015 · The dolomitic nodules enclosing fossil marine vertebrates in the East Pisco Basin, Peru: Field and petrographic insights into their genesis and role in preservation.
Vertebrate Palaeoecology of the Pisco Formation (Miocene, Peru ... - MDPI
Oct 27, 2021 · Here, we aim to elucidate the deep-time history of this globally important ecosystem based on a detailed palaeoecological analysis of the exceptionally preserved middle–upper Miocene vertebrate assemblages of the Pisco Formation of …
Taphonomy of marine vertebrates of the Pisco Formation …
Jul 15, 2021 · The subaerial portion of this elongate, trench‐parallel basin extends for about 180 km along a narrow coastal plain between the cities of Pisco and Nazca; it is separated from the offshore West Pisco Basin to the southwest by the Coastal Cordillera, an emerging basement high composed of Precambrian and Palaeozoic metamorphic and igneous rocks ...