Usage:
Long Canyon Sandstone Bed of Glencairn Formation (CO*,NM*,OK*)
Geologic age:
late Early Cretaceous (Albian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: in SW/4 SE/4 SW/4 sec. 35, T. 32 N., R. 29 E., Union Co., NM. Named from Long Canyon, Union Co., NM (Kues and Lucas, 1987).
AAPG geologic province:
Sierra Grande uplift
Palo Duro basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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