Usage:
Palm Canyon Complex (CA)
/Palm Canyon Group (CA)
[A "group" consists of 2 or more formations (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021).]
Geologic age:
Paleozoic
Mesozoic
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
On east side of Palm Canyon about 12 mi south of Palm Springs, Idyllwild and Palm Desert 15-min quadrangles, Riverside Co., CA (Miller, 1944).
AAPG geologic province:
Peninsular Ranges province
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 ([ ]).