Wupatki Member of Moenkopi Formation |
| Usage of Geologic Unit Name: Wupatki Member* of Moenkopi Formation |
| Age: Triassic, Early* |
| Geologic Province: Plateau sedimentary province* Black Mesa basin* |
| Areal Extent: AZ(ne)* |
| Type Locality: Not designated; probably named after Wupatki National Monument, Coconino Co, AZ (McKee, 1951). |
| Unit Name History: First used as lower of three members of Moenkopi Formation (McKee, 1951). Named as lower member of Moenkopi Formation (McKee, 1954). |
| References
McKee, E.D., 1951, Triassic deposits of the Arizona-New Mexico border area, IN Smith, C.T., and Silver, Caswell, eds., Guidebook of the San Juan basin [covering south and west sides], New Mexico and Arizona: New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook, no. 2, p. 85. McKee, E.D., 1954, Stratigraphy and history of the Moenkopi Formation of Triassic age: Geological Society of America Memoir, 61, 133 p. |
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