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Geologic Unit: Exhibit

Usage:

Exhibit Sandstone Member of Hannold Hill Formation (TX)
Exhibit Sandstone Bed of Hannold Hill Member of Tornillo Formation of Chilicotal Group (TX)


Geologic age:

early Tertiary (Eocene)


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

Named from Exhibit Ridge in central 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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