earth science

Soncco Formation

Soncco Formation is a earth science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Soncco Formation rather than just read about it. In short: The Soncco Formation is a Late Eocene to Early Oligocene geologic formation in southern Peru. The base of the formation at the contact with the K'ayra Formation is dated using fission track analysis at 43 Ma and the top, the contact with the Punacancha Formation, at 30 Ma.

Key takeaways

Soncco Formation belongs to earth science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Soncco Formation to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Soncco Formation from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The Soncco Formation is a Late Eocene to Early Oligocene geologic formation in southern Peru. The base of the formation at the contact with the K'ayra Formation is dated using fission track analysis at 43 Ma and the top, the contact with the Punacancha Formation, at 30 Ma. In other places the Tinajani Formation overlies the Soncco Formation. The formation has a thickness of 1,600 metres (5,200 ft).

Misattributed ornithopod tracks The formation was first dated to the Cretaceous, and fossil ornithopod tracks had been reported. Over 9,000 fossil tracks are said to be found within this formation. As the formation has been dated to the Paleogene, the tracks could not be attributed to dinosaurs.

References

Bibliography N., N (2015), Plan de desarrollo urbano Cusco al 2023 (PDF), Cusco.gob, pp. 116–150, retrieved 2017-06-05 Latorre, O. Omar; Orós, F. Yovani; Sempere, Thierry; Fornari, Michel; Carlotto, Víctor (2004), "Estratigrafía y evolución paleógena del área de Llalli-Macarí (Departamento de Puno)", SGP, 5: 111–119, retrieved 2017-06-05 Carlotto, Víctor (2016), Dataciones por trazas de fisión en los depósitos continentales terciarios de la Región de Cusco, XIII Congreso Peruano de Geología, pp. 521–524, retrieved 2017-06-05 Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN 0-520-24209-2, retrieved 2019-02-21{{citation}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Soncco Formation

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Soncco Formation claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In earth science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Soncco Formation before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Soncco Formation ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Soncco Formation

In research: Soncco Formation appears in earth science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Soncco Formation in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Soncco Formation is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Coal formations, Conglomerate formations, Divisaderan, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Soncco Formation outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Soncco Formation in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Soncco Formation means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Soncco Formation in simple terms?

Why does Soncco Formation matter?

Because it connects several earth science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Soncco Formation?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Soncco Formation.