Usage:
Glenwood Canyon Member of Dotsero Formation (CO*)
Geologic age:
Late Cambrian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: in Glenwood Canyon of the Colorado River, in SE/4 sec. 16, T. 5 S., R. 87 W., Garfield Co., CO (Bass and Northrop, 1953).
AAPG geologic province:
Piceance basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).