Thousand Pockets Member of Carmel Formation |
| Usage of Geologic Unit Name: Thousand Pockets Tongue of Page Sandstone of San Rafael Group (AZ*,UT*) Thousand Pockets Member of Carmel Formation |
| Age: Jurassic, Middle* Bathonian, early* Bathonian, middle* |
| Geologic Province: Plateau sedimentary province* Paradox basin* |
| Areal Extent: AZ(n)* UT(s)* |
| Type Locality: Type section: on north side of Judd Hollow, NW/4 sec. 31, T. 43 S., R. 2 E., Kane Co., UT (Phoenix, 1963). |
| Unit Name History: Named as a tongue of Navajo Sandstone of Glen Canyon Group (Phoenix, 1963). Revised (Thompson and Stokes, 1970). Reassigned to Page Sandstone of San Rafael Group; Areal limits (Peterson and Pipirings, 1979). |
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References Phoenix, D.A., 1963, Geology of the Lees Ferry area, Coconino County, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 1137, 86 p. Thompson, A.E. and Stokes, W.L., 1970, Stratigraphy of the San Rafael Group, southwest and south central Utah: Utah Geological and Mineral Survey Bulletin, no. 87, 53 p. Peterson, Fred and Pipiringos, G.N., 1979, Stratigraphic relationships of the Navajo Sandstone to Middle Jurassic formations in parts of southern Utah and northern Arizona, IN Unconformities, correlations, and nomenclature of some Triassic and Jurassic rocks, Western Interior United States: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 1035-B, p. B1-B43, Supersedes 1979, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, OF-79-281, 179 p. Doelling, H.H., Blackett, R.E., Hamblin, A.H., Powell, J.D., and Pollock, G.L., 2000, Geology of Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument: In Geology of Utah's Parks and Monuments, Sprinkel, D.A., Chidsey, T.C., and Anderson, P.B., eds., Utah Geological Association Publication 28., p. 189-231. |
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