- Usage in publication:
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- Arido sandstone
- Modifications:
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- Original reference
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Black Mesa basin
Summary:
Pg. 303, 306. Zunian series divided into (descending) McElmo shales, Lohali sandstone, Montezuma shales, and Arido sandstone. The latter 3 formations correspond to LaPlata beds of Cross. The Arido replaces Gregory's preoccupied name Navajo sandstone. Age is Jurassic.
Named from Arido Creek, in northern part of Navajo Reservation.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 70).
- Usage in publication:
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- Arido sandstone
- Modifications:
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- Not used
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Black Mesa basin
Summary:
This sandstone appears to correspond to Wingate sandstone of USGS classification. (See A.A. Baker, C.H. Dane, and J.B. Reeside, Jr., 1936, USGS Prof. Paper 183, chart opp. p. 37).
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 70).
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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