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Geologic Unit: Las Palmas

Usage:

/Las Palmas Horneblende Schist and Amphibolite of Bermeja Complex (PR)


Geologic age:

Early Cretaceous(?)


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

Type area: south of Las Palmas in Quebrada Cajul (Puerto Rico Meter Grid System 78,000 E.; 17,000 N.), Sierra Bermeja, Parguera quadrangle, southwestern Puerto Rico (Mattson, 1973).


AAPG geologic province:

Caribbean region


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

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