Usage:
Big Yellow Sandstone Member of Canoe Formation of Big Bend Park Group (TX)
Big Yellow Conglomerate Member of Canoe Formation of Big Bend Park Group (TX)
Big Yellow Sandstone Member of Tornillo Formation Chilicotal Group (TX)
Geologic age:
Tertiary, early
Eocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Big Yellow arroyo in southern Tornillo Flat, Big Bend National Park, Brewster Co., southwestern TX (Maxwell and Hazzard, 1967).
AAPG geologic province:
Permian basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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