Yeso Formation
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The Yeso Formation is a geologic unit of early Permian age in the southwestern United States, notable for its thick sequences of evaporites and sandstones that record arid, shallow-marine and coastal depositional environments within the Permian Basin region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yeso Formation canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geologic formation
ⓘ
stratigraphic unit ⓘ |
| color |
orange
ⓘ
reddish ⓘ |
| contains |
cross-bedded sandstones
ⓘ
evaporite cycles ⓘ marine fossils ⓘ red-bed intervals ⓘ trace fossils ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depositionalEnvironment |
arid
ⓘ
coastal ⓘ sabkha ⓘ shallow marine ⓘ tidal flat ⓘ |
| economicImportance |
groundwater aquifer
ⓘ
petroleum reservoir rock ⓘ |
| geologicAge | Early Permian ⓘ |
| geologicPeriod | Permian ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Cañas Member
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Los Vallos Member NERFINISHED ⓘ Meseta Blanca Member NERFINISHED ⓘ Torres Member NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lithology |
anhydrite
ⓘ
dolomite ⓘ evaporite ⓘ gypsum ⓘ limestone ⓘ sandstone ⓘ siltstone ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New Mexico
ⓘ
Permian Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Texas ⓘ southwestern United States ⓘ |
| namedFor | Yeso, New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overlies | Abo Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Permian System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionalExtent |
central New Mexico
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
eastern New Mexico ⓘ western Texas ⓘ |
| researchTopic |
Permian paleoclimate
ⓘ
evaporite sedimentology ⓘ sequence stratigraphy ⓘ |
| stratigraphicUnitOf | Permian Basin region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Leonardian Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| thickness | hundreds of meters ⓘ |
| underlies |
Glorieta Sandstone
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
San Andres Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.