- Usage in publication:
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- Bison banded member
- Modifications:
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- Original reference
- Dominant lithology:
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- Shale
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Anadarko basin
Summary:
Pg. 786-799. Bison banded member of Hennessey shale of Enid group. The upper 150 feet of Hennessey shale, consisting largely of rusty red, blocky, non-fisslle clay shales, characterized by considerable number of white or greenish bands or streaks of shale, here sandy, there calcareous. These bands or streaks are thicker and more numerous than in underlying Fairmont member, being in some cases 3 to 4 feet thick. Base is placed at lowest heavy white band of Hennessey shale. Age is Permian.
Named from fact that it is exposed on all sides of town of Bison, Garfield Co., central northern OK.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 195).
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