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Geologic Unit: Rim Rock

Usage:

Rim Rock Sandstone of Mesaverde Group (CO,UT)


Geologic age:

Late Cretaceous


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

Hogback ridge called Rim Rock, 9 mi east of Green River, Duchesne Co., UT. Named from Rim Rock (Walton, 1944).


AAPG geologic province:

Uinta basin
Piceance basin


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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