Keres Group | |
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Stratigraphic range: Mid-Late Miocene ~ | |
Type | Group |
Sub-units | See text |
Underlies | Polvadera & Tewa Groups |
Overlies | Santa Fe Group |
Thickness | 900 m (3,000 ft) |
Lithology | |
Primary | Andesite |
Other | Basalt, dacite, rhyolite |
Location | |
Coordinates | 35°47′46″N 106°32′49″W / 35.796°N 106.547°W |
Region | New Mexico |
Country | United States |
Extent | Jemez Mountains |
Type section | |
Named for | Keresean Range (see text) |
Named by | Bailey, Smith & Ross |
Year defined | 1969 |
The Keres Group is a group of geologic formations exposed in and around the Jemez Mountains of northern New Mexico. Radiometric dating gives it an age of 13 to 6 million years, corresponding to the Miocene epoch.