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.

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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 ⓘ
depositionalEnvironment arid ⓘ
coastal ⓘ
sabkha ⓘ
shallow marine ⓘ
tidal flat ⓘ
economicImportance groundwater aquifer ⓘ
petroleum reservoir rock ⓘ
geologicAge Early Permian ⓘ
geologicPeriod Permian ⓘ
hasMember Cañas Member ⓘ
Los Vallos Member ⓘ
Meseta Blanca Member ⓘ
Torres Member ⓘ
lithology anhydrite ⓘ
dolomite ⓘ
evaporite ⓘ
gypsum ⓘ
limestone ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
siltstone ⓘ
locatedIn New Mexico ⓘ
Permian Basin ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
southwestern United States ⓘ
namedFor Yeso, New Mexico ⓘ
overlies Abo Formation ⓘ
partOf Permian System ⓘ
linked to: Permian Period
regionalExtent central New Mexico ⓘ
eastern New Mexico ⓘ
western Texas ⓘ
researchTopic Permian paleoclimate ⓘ
evaporite sedimentology ⓘ
sequence stratigraphy ⓘ
stratigraphicUnitOf Permian Basin region ⓘ
linked to: Permian Basin
subdivisionOf Leonardian Series ⓘ
thickness hundreds of meters ⓘ
underlies Glorieta Sandstone ⓘ
San Andres Formation ⓘ

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Permian Basin → primaryFormations → Yeso Formation ⓘ