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Geologic Unit: Antelope Flat

Usage:

Antelope Flat Basalt (OR)


Geologic age:

Tertiary
Pliocene


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Named from exposures near Antelope Flat, in SE/4 sec. 12, T. 25 S., R. 41 E., Malheur Co., southeastern OR (Kittleman and others, 1965).


AAPG geologic province:

Snake River basin


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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