Mancos Shale

late Cretaceous geologic formation of the Western United States
Landform geological_formation Q6747665
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Mancos Shale

Summary

Mancos Shale is a geological formation[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of geological_formation entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mancos Shale is located in Arizona[3].
  • Mancos Shale is in the country of Canada[4].
  • Mancos Shale is in the country of United States[5].
  • Mancos Shale's instance of is recorded as geological formation[6].
  • Mancos is named after Mancos Shale[7].
  • Mancos Shale's made from material is recorded as shale[8].
  • Mancos Shale's has part is recorded as Blue Gate Member of Mancos Shale[9].
  • Mancos Shale's underlies is recorded as Mesaverde Formation[10].
  • Mancos Shale's overlies is recorded as Dakota Formation[11].
  • Mancos Shale's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0crjcqx[12].
  • Mancos Shale's described at URL is recorded as https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Geolex/UnitRefs/MancosRefs_9165.html[13].
  • Mancos Shale's time period is recorded as Cretaceous[14].
  • Mancos Shale's Geolex ID is recorded as Mancos_9165[15].
  • Mancos Shale's Global Energy Monitor Wiki ID is recorded as Mancos_shale[16].

Why It Matters

Mancos Shale ranks in the top 7% of geological_formation entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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