Elephant Canyon Formation

Elephant Canyon Formation
Stratigraphic range: Permian
Type Formation
Unit of Cutler Group[1]
Underlies Cedar Mesa Sandstone[2]
Overlies Unconformity on the Pennsylvanian Honaker Trail Formation [2]
Lithology
Primary Sandstone
Other Limestone, siltstone, shale[2]
Location
Region Utah: Paradox basin[1]
Country United States
Type section
Named for Type section: Elephant Canyon, secs. 4 and 9, T. 30 S., R. 19 E., San Juan County, Utah[1]
Named by Baars, D. L., 1962[1]

The Elephant Canyon Formation is the basal Permian geologic formation of the Cutler Group overlying an unconformity on the Pennsylvanian Honaker Trail Formation in the Paradox Basin of southern Utah.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Elephant Canyon of Cutler Group, USGS
  2. 1 2 3 4 Rock Sequence of the Canyonlands Area
  • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
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