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Geologic Unit: Naha

Usage:

Naha Alluvium (AZ*,UT*?, NM*)
Naha Formation (AZ)


Geologic age:

Quaternary (late Holocene)*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Notable exposures in Jeddito Valley. Naha Well is located in lower reaches of Jeddito Valley, western Navajo Country, northeastern AZ.


AAPG geologic province:

Black Mesa basin
Paradox basin?*
Plateau sedimentary province?*
San Juan basin*


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.

"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).

Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).