Salado Formation
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The Salado Formation is a thick Permian-age evaporite rock unit in the southwestern United States, notable for its extensive salt deposits and use as a host formation for underground waste repositories.
All labels observed (1)
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22821166 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Salado Formation Context triple: [Delaware Basin, hasPart, Salado Formation]
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Vermejo Formation
The Vermejo Formation is a Late Cretaceous sedimentary rock unit in the Raton Basin of the western United States, known for its coal-bearing strata and significance in regional stratigraphy.
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Kiowa Formation
The Kiowa Formation is a Cretaceous geologic unit in the central United States, known for its marine sediments that record an early transgression of the Western Interior Seaway.
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Santa Fe Formation
The Santa Fe Formation is a geologic unit of sedimentary and volcanic deposits in New Mexico that records the infilling and tectonic evolution of the Rio Grande rift region.
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La Meseta Formation
La Meseta Formation is a fossil-rich Eocene sedimentary rock formation on Seymour Island, Antarctica, renowned for preserving one of the most important records of early Cenozoic Antarctic marine and terrestrial life.
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Raton Formation
The Raton Formation is a geologic rock unit in the Raton Basin of Colorado and New Mexico, notable for preserving Late Cretaceous to early Paleogene sediments and fossils, including evidence across the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Salado Formation Target entity description: The Salado Formation is a thick Permian-age evaporite rock unit in the southwestern United States, notable for its extensive salt deposits and use as a host formation for underground waste repositories.
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A.
Vermejo Formation
The Vermejo Formation is a Late Cretaceous sedimentary rock unit in the Raton Basin of the western United States, known for its coal-bearing strata and significance in regional stratigraphy.
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B.
Kiowa Formation
The Kiowa Formation is a Cretaceous geologic unit in the central United States, known for its marine sediments that record an early transgression of the Western Interior Seaway.
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C.
Santa Fe Formation
The Santa Fe Formation is a geologic unit of sedimentary and volcanic deposits in New Mexico that records the infilling and tectonic evolution of the Rio Grande rift region.
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D.
La Meseta Formation
La Meseta Formation is a fossil-rich Eocene sedimentary rock formation on Seymour Island, Antarctica, renowned for preserving one of the most important records of early Cenozoic Antarctic marine and terrestrial life.
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E.
Raton Formation
The Raton Formation is a geologic rock unit in the Raton Basin of Colorado and New Mexico, notable for preserving Late Cretaceous to early Paleogene sediments and fossils, including evidence across the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.