Usage:
Abiquiu Formation (NM)
Abiquiu Tuff (NM)
Abiquiu Tuff Member of Santa Fe Formation (NM)
Subunits:
FORMATION STATUS: Pedernal Chert Member (NM) or Pedernal Member (NM).
Geologic age:
Tertiary (Oligocene to Miocene)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
[Type locality not designated.] Named from outcrops in Abiquiu quadrangle, Rio Arriba Co., north-central NM (Smith, 1938).
AAPG geologic province:
San Juan basin
Estancia basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).