Usage:
Cedar Breaks Formation (UT)
Geologic age:
Tertiary
Paleocene
Eocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: in secs. 23 and 27, T. 36 S., R. 9 W., in Cedar Breaks National Monument, Iron Co., UT. Origin of name not stated by author, but probably named from Cedar Breaks National Monument (Schneider, 1967).
AAPG geologic province:
Paradox basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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