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Geologic Unit: Olmos

Usage:

Olmos Formation of Navarro Group (TX*)


Geologic age:

Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian; Gulfian Provincial Epoch)*


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

Not designated. Named from the flag station of Olmos, Maverick Co., TX, located on the outcrop of the formation, and from Olmos [Elm] Creek (Stephenson, 1927).


AAPG geologic province:

Gulf Coast 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 ([ ]).