Tibbet Canyon Member of Straight Cliffs Formation
Usage of Geologic Unit Name:
Tibbet Canyon Member of Straight Cliffs Formation (UT*)
Age:
Cretaceous, Late*
Turonian, middle*
Geologic Province:
Plateau sedimentary province*
Areal Extent:
UT(sc)*
Type Locality:
Type section: Tibbet Canyon, cliff on east side of southeast-trending spur on north side of Tibbet Canyon, N/2 NE/4 NE/4 sec. 14, T. 42 S., R. 3 E., Kane Co., UT (Peterson, 1969).
Unit Name History:
Named as basal member (of 4) of Straight Cliffs Formation; Biostratigraphic dating (Peterson, 1969).

References

Peterson, Fred, 1969, Four new members of the Upper Cretaceous Straight Cliffs Formation in the southeastern Kaiparowits region, Kane County, Utah, IN Contributions to stratigraphy, 1968: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 1274-J, p. J1-J28.
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