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Geologic Unit: Cowley Canyon

Usage:

Cowley Canyon Member of Wasatch Formation (UT)


Geologic age:

Eocene


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

Not designated. Named from Cowley Canyon, in sec. 21, T. 12 N., R. 3 E., Cache Co., UT (Williams, 1948).


AAPG geologic province:

Wasatch uplift


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

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