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Geologic Unit: Bandelier

Usage:

Bandelier Tuff of Tewa Group (NM*)


Subunits:

(alphabetical) --all in NM*: Otowi Member, Tshirege Member.


Geologic age:

Quaternary (Pleistocene)*


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

Notable exposures in Abiquiu quadrangle, Rio Arriba Co., north-central NM (Smith, 1938).
Type areas designated for members (Griggs and Hem, 1964).


AAPG geologic province:

Estancia basin*
Orogrande basin*
Palo Duro basin*
Permian basin*
San Juan basin*
San Luis 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 ([ ]).