Permian type sections in central New Mexico

A low diversity, seasonal tropical landscape dominated by conifers and peltasperms: Early Permian Abo Formation, New Mexico

“…The Abo Formation is a succession of red, terrestrial mudstone, siltstone, and sandstone that is widespread in central New Mexico (Lee and Girty, 1909;Needham and Bates, 1943;Wood and Northrup, 1946). The Abo disconformably (?)…”

Sedimentology and depositional environments of the Lower Permian Yeso Formation, northwestern New Mexico

“…Portions of the Torres Member in the Zuni Mountains and the Los Vallos Member in the Lucero uplift probably correlate with the Canas Member, which is recognized in the measured section near Socorro (Needham and Bates, 1943). This correlation is particularly apparent in the Lucero uplift, where the upper part of the Los Vallos Member contains abundant gypsum.…”

“…The Yeso Formation was named by Lee and Girty (1909) and redescribed by Needham and Bates (1943) for outcrops near Mesa del Yeso, east of Socorro, New Mexico ( fig. 1).…”

“…The Yeso Formation is conformable with both the underlying Abo Formation and the overlying Glorieta Sandstone. Though differing in terms of exact correlation, both Baars (1977) and Peirce (1966) Read and Wanek (1961); in Zuni Mountains, after Colpitts (1989); in Nacimiento Mountains, after Wood and Northrop (1946); in Lucero uplift, after Kelley and Wood (1946); and in Mesa del Yeso, after Needham and Bates (1943).…”

Summary report on the geology and mineral resources of the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro County, New Mexico

“…Some of these compose a part of the so-called "red beds" that are well known in the Southwest. Of the many Permian formations in New Mexico, only two the Abo and Yeso Formations (Lee, 1909, p. 12;Needham and Bates, 1943, p. 1654-1661 are present in the report area.…”