Usage:
Blue Point Tongue of Toreva Formation (AZ)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous (Turonian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: west side of Blue Point, NW/4 SW/4 SW/4 NW/4 sec. 14, T. 27 N., R. 14 E., on Hopi Indian Reservation, Coconino Co., AZ (Kirkland, 1991).
AAPG geologic province:
Plateau sedimentary province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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