Beclabito Formation
Geologic formation in New Mexico / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Beclabito Formation is a late Jurassic sedimentary geologic formation, found in northwestern New Mexico and northeastern Arizona.[1]
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Beclabito Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Oxfordian | |
Type | Formation |
Unit of | San Rafael Group |
Underlies | Bluff Formation |
Overlies | Todilto Formation |
Thickness | 108 ft (33 m) |
Lithology | |
Primary | Mudstone, sandstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 36.6971°N 109.0366°W / 36.6971; -109.0366 |
Region | New Mexico, Arizona |
Country | United States |
Type section | |
Named for | Beclabito Dome |
Named by | S.M. Condon and A.C. Huffman, Jr. |
Year defined | 1988 |
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