Usage:
No current usage.
(†Palma Escrita Formation (PR) abandoned.)
Geologic age:
early Tertiary (Eocene?)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: east flank of ridge extending north from Escuela Palma Escrita (Puerto Rico Meter Grid System 95,000 E.; 42,060 N. to 95,840 E.; 43,020 N.), Barrio Palma Escrita, Municipio de Las Marias, Maricao quadrangle, western Puerto Rico (McIntyre, 1974).
AAPG geologic province:
Caribbean region
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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