Usage:
Pinnacle Peak pediment veneer (informal) (AZ)
Informal. The rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.
Geologic age:
Quaternary
Pleistocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: [not stated] Inferred to be eastern part of Carefree basin near Pinnacle Peak, which is 0.5 mi southeast of study area, Paradise Valley quadrangle, northern Maricopa Co., AZ (Doorn and Pewe, 1991).
AAPG geologic province:
Basin-and-Range province
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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