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Geologic Unit: Pozas

Usage:

Pozas Formation (PR*)


Subunits:

Rio Bauta Member, Minguillo Lava Member, Blacho Tuff Member, Flor de Alba Limestone Lentil, Botijas Limestone Member, Reves Member.


Geologic age:

Late Cretaceous (Campanian to Maastrichtian)*


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

Type area: outcrops across the Cerro Cedro graben, Barrio Pozas, Municipio de Ciales, Ciales quadrangle, Puerto Rico (Berryhill 1965).


AAPG geologic province:

Caribbean region*


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 ([ ]).