Usage:
Wickiup facies (informal) in Torrey Member of Moenkopi Formation (UT)
Informal. The rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.
Geologic age:
Early Triassic
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named after a prominent mammilary-shaped butte, west-central San Rafael Swell, UT (Blakey, 1974).
AAPG geologic province:
Paradox basin
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 ([ ]).