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  • Usage in publication:
    • Canabon Lava Member*
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Lava
Publication:

Briggs, R.P., and Gelabert, P.A., 1962, Preliminary report on the geology of the Barranquitas quadrangle, Puerto Rico: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map, I-336, 1 sheet, scale 1:20,000


Summary:

The Canabon Lava Member of the Robles Formation, here named in the Barranquitas quadrangle, consists of grayish-black augite phenocryst lava. Overlies the Las Tetas Lava Member near the top of the Robles. Age is Late Cretaceous.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


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