- Usage in publication:
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- Carson Desert Formation
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- Named
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Great Basin province
Summary:
Unit is named the Carson Desert Formation. Comprises the deposits of two vents in the Carson Desert northwest of Fallon in the Lake Lahontan area, NV. The older vent, Upsal Hogback, consists of at least five cinder cones or tuff rings, and the younger vent, Soda Lake, is a classic tuff ring that has a lake in its center. Tephra from these vents are named the Upsal Hogback and Soda Lake Beds (new). Age is Pleistocene and Holocene (35 to 6 ka).
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1565, p. 53); GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Menlo GNULEX).
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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