Usage:
Weber Canyon Conglomerate (UT)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous (Santonian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Along U.S. Interstate Highway I-84 near town of Henefer, along both sides of Weber River at eastern mouth of Weber Canyon, and southward to Emigration Canyon, Summit Co., northeastern UT. Named from local canyon in Weber River (DeCelles, 1994).
AAPG geologic province:
Uinta uplift
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 ([ ]).