Usage:
Carbon Canyon Member of Galeros Formation of Chuar Group of Grand Canyon Supergroup (AZ*)
Geologic age:
Neoproterozoic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: on west fork of Carbon Canyon and mid-Chuar Canyon, eastern Grand Canyon, Lat. 36 deg. 10 min. 00 sec. N., Long. 111 deg. 50 min. 00 sec. W., Coconino Co., AZ. Named from Carbon Canyon (Ford and Breed, 1973).
AAPG geologic province:
Southern Rocky Mountain region*
Plateau sedimentary province*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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