The Deformed Complex and the Formational Units

Abstract

The formational units that appear in the available geological fuegian literature, and that are found within the Deformed Complex of the Fuegian Andes, are the Metamorfita Lapataia (i.e., Lapataia Metamorphites), and the Alvear, Lemaire, Yahgan and Beauvoir formations, Estratos (strata) de Policarpo and Estratos de Bahía Tethis.As an introduction to the elements of judgment that result from this study, the mentioned set of formational units is briefly reviewed here.