Markagunk Megabreccia

Usage of Geologic Unit Name:
Markagunk Megabreccia(UT*)

Age:
Tertiary
Miocene
Geologic Province:
Colorado Plateau province*

Geologic Extent:
Utah (sw)

Type Locality: None described
 
Unit Name History:

Used in Cedar Breaks National Monument (Hatfield and others, 2003) Markagunk Plateau is a subregion of the southwestern Colorado Plateau with elevations where the unit occurs at 11,000 feet in the national monument.

References:

Hatfield, S.C., Rowley, P.D., Sable, E.G., Maxwell, D.J., Cox, B.V., McKell, M.D., and Kiel, D.E., 2003, Geology of Cedar Breaks National Monument: In Geology of Utah's Parks and Monuments, Sprinkel, D.A., Chidsey, T.C., and Anderson, P.B., editors, Utah Geological Association Publication 28.,p. 107-138. And, Hintze, L.F., 1988, Geologic History of Utah; A Field Guide to Utah's Rocks: Brigham Young University Geology Studies Special Publication 7, p. 139-154; chart, p. 143.
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