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- Usage in publication:
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- Baada Point Member*
- Modifications:
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- Named
- Dominant lithology:
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- Siltstone
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Olympic Mountains province
Summary:
Named Baada Point Member, lowest member of Makah Formation, from exposures at Baada Point. Consists of light olive-gray, weathering yellow-brown, thick-bedded, amalgamated turbidite, ridge-forming sandstone with siltstone interbeds and calcareous concretions. Is 120 m thick at type. Gradationally overlies and underlies unnamed strata in lower part of Makah Formation. Age is late Eocene.
Type section: wave-cut platform and headland at Baada Point, SE/4 NW/4 sec. 12, T. 33 N., R. 15 W., Strait of Juan de Fuca, Clallam Co., WA. Named from Baada Point.
Source: Modified from GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Menlo GNULEX).
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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