Usage:
Moenave Formation of Glen Canyon Group (AZ*,NV*,UT*)
Subunits:
(alphabetical): Dinosaur Canyon Member (AZ*,NV*,UT*) or Dinosaur Canyon Sandstone Member (AZ*,UT*), Springdale Sandstone Member (AZ*,NV*,UT*), Whitmore Point Member (AZ*,UT*).
Geologic age:
Controversial
Triassic, Late(?)*
Jurassic, Early
Hettangian
Sinemurian
Pliensbachian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: near Moenave, 6 mi west of Tuba City, Coconino Co., northeastern AZ (Harshbarger and others, 1957).
AAPG geologic province:
Plateau sedimentary province*
Great Basin province*
Black Mesa basin*
Paradox 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 ([ ]).