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Geologic Unit: Tuolumne

Usage:

Tuolumne Intrusive Suite*


Subunits:

(ascending) granodiorite of Kuna Crest, tonalite of Glen Aulin, tonalite of Glacier Point, granodiorite of Grayling Lake, Half Dome Granodiorite, Cathedral Peak Granodiorite, and Johnson Granite Porphyry. Possible earlier units are granodiorite of Yosemite Creek and Sentinel Granodiorite.


Geologic age:

Late Cretaceous*


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

Not synopsized to date.


AAPG geologic province:

Sierra Nevada 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 ([ ]).