Glorieta Sandstone | |
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Stratigraphic range: | |
Type | Formation |
Underlies | San Andres Formation |
Overlies | Yeso Group |
Thickness | 81 m (266 ft) (maximum) |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 35°29′38″N 105°41′35″W / 35.4938°N 105.6931°W |
Region | New Mexico |
Country | United States |
Type section | |
Named for | Glorieta Pass |
Named by | Charles Rollin Keyes |
Year defined | 1915 |
Outcrop map of Glorieta Sandstone in New Mexico with type location indicated |
The Glorieta Sandstone is a geologic formation in New Mexico. It preserves fossils characteristic of the Kungurian age of the Permian geology.