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  • Usage in publication:
    • Academy Church Shale Member
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Shale
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • South Oklahoma folded belt
Publication:

Straka, J.J., II, 1972, Conodont evidence of age of Goddard and Springer Formations, Ardmore basin, Oklahoma: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 56, no. 6, p. 1087-1099. [Available online, with subscription, from AAPG archives: http://www.aapg.org/datasystems or http://search.datapages.com]


Summary:

Academy Church Shale Member of Springer Formation of Noble Ranch Group. Gray, black, blocky, with interbedded brittle beds. Thickness 76.2 m at type locality. Overlies Lake Ardmore Member of Springer; underlies Primrose Sandstone Member of Golf Course Formation. Age is Early Pennsylvanian (Morrowan).
Type locality: in E/2 NE/4 NW/4 SE/4 and W/2 NW/4 NE/4 SE/4 sec. 1, T. 3 S., R. 2 E., Carter Co., south-central OK.

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