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  • Usage in publication:
    • Crisfield sandstone member*
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Anadarko basin
    • Sedgwick basin
Publication:

Norton, G.H., 1939, Permian red beds of Kansas, with discussions by R.K. DeFord and D.A. Green: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 23, no. 12, p. 1751-1819., See also Oil Weekly, v. 93, no. 3, p. 70, 1939 [abs.] [Available online, with subscription, from AAPG archives: http://www.aapg.org/datasystems or http://search.datapages.com]


Summary:

Pg. 1788. Also, R.C. Moore, J.C. Frye, and J.M. Jewett, 1944, Kansas Geol. Survey Bull., no. 52, p. 159. Crisfield sandstone member of Salt Plains formation. Sandstone about 29 feet thick occurring about 115 feet below top of formation. Age is Permian. Name credited to G.L. Knight.
Type locality not stated. Outcrops in Harper and Barber Cos., southern KS.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 985).


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