Usage:
Wupatki Member of Moenkopi Formation (AZ*)
Geologic age:
Early Triassic*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named in Winslow-Holbrook area, [Navajo Co.], northeastern AZ (McKee, 1951).
Probably named from Wupatki National Monument, Coconino Co., northeastern AZ (GNU records, USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).
AAPG geologic province:
Black Mesa basin*
Plateau sedimentary province*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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