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- Carreras Siltstone*
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- Named
- Dominant lithology:
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- Siltstone
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Caribbean region
Summary:
Rocks named the Unibon Shale by Semmes (1919) in the extreme east-central part of the Ciales quadrangle, and eastward into the Corozal quadrangle, are here redefined as the Carreras Siltstone and the name Unibon is abandoned. Consists of fine-grained, thin- to medium-bedded light-colored bands or laminae of mixed reworked ash and epiclastic particles. Is in fault contact with the informal basalt tuff member of the Pozas Formation in the Ciales quadrangle and grades downward into thick arkosic conglomerate in the Corozal quadrangle. Unconformably underlies the San Sebastian Formation. Thickness ranges from several hundred to more than 1,000 m. Age is either Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) or early Tertiary (Paleocene or younger) based on meager fossil evidence.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
- Usage in publication:
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- Carreras Siltstone*
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- Overview
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Caribbean region
Summary:
The Carreras Siltstone occurs in central Puerto Rico and consists of tuffaceous siltstone, minor volcanic sandstone, tuff, limestone, limestone breccia, and calcareous sandstone. Grades downward into arkosic conglomerate. Maximum estimated thickness is 600 meters. The Carreras is of early Paleocene(?) age.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
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