Cedar Mountain Formation
The Cedar Mountain Formation is the name given to a distinctive sedimentary geologic formation in eastern Utah, spanning most of the early and mid-Cretaceous. The formation was named for Cedar Mountain in northern Emery County, Utah, where William Lee Stokes first studied the exposures in 1944.
| Cedar Mountain Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Late Berriasian-Cenomanian ~ | |
Type section of the Cedar Mountain Formation | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Sub-units | See text |
| Underlies | Naturita Formation |
| Overlies | Morrison Formation |
| Thickness | Varies, some sections over 1000 metres |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Conglomerate, sandstone, mudstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 39.250°N 110.824°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 40.2°N 69.0°W |
| Region | Utah |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Cedar Mountain |
| Named by | William Stokes |
| Year defined | 1944 |
Cedar Mountain Formation (the United States) Cedar Mountain Formation (Utah) | |
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