- Usage in publication:
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- Cawker terrane
- Modifications:
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- Original reference
- Dominant lithology:
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- Shale
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Salina basin
Summary:
Pg. 255. Cawker terrane. Shales, 50 feet thick. Underlies Graneros and overlies Brookville (sandstones). Included in Dakotan; Cretaceous.
[Origin of name not stated, but probably named from Cawker City, Mitchell Co., north-central KS.]
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 379).
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