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  • Usage in publication:
    • Dodds Creek sandstone
  • Modifications:
    • Principal reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sandstone
    • Shale
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Cherokee basin
Publication:

Jewett, J.M., 1932, Brief discussion of the Bronson group in Kansas, IN Carboniferous rocks of eastern Kansas, eastern Nebraska, and western Missouri: Kansas Geological Society Guidebook for the Annual Field Conference, August 28-September 3, 1932, no. 6, p. 99-104.


Summary:

Pg. 99, 101, 103. Dodds Creek sandstone is proposed for the sandstone in upper part of Galesburg shale. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Missouri age). [On p. 102 he stated Dodds Creek sandstone consists of sandstone and sandy shale. On p. 26 he described it as yellow sandy shale 5 feet thick.]
Named from Dodds Creek, Labette Co., eastern KS.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 616).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Dodds Creek sandstone member
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sandstone
    • Shale
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Cherokee basin
Publication:

Moore, R.C., 1932, A reclassification of the Pennsylvanian system in the northern Midcontinent region, IN Carboniferous rocks of eastern Kansas, eastern Nebraska, and western Missouri: Kansas Geological Society Guidebook for the Annual Field Conference, August 28-September 3, 1932, no. 6, p. 79-98., See also "Modern classifications of the Pennsylvanian rocks of eastern Kansas and southeastern Nebraska," compiled by M.G. Wilmarth, Secretary of Committee on Geologic Names, USGS unpub. corr. chart, Oct. 1936, sheet 2


Summary:

Pg. 97. Dodds Creek sandstone member of Galesburg shale of Bronson group. Galesburg shale includes Dodds Creek sandstone. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Missouri age). [All.]

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 616); GNC KS-NE Pennsylvanian Corr. Chart, sheet 2, Oct. 1936.


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Dodds Creek sandstone
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Cherokee basin
Publication:

Jewett, J.M., 1933, Some details of the stratigraphy of the Bronson group of the Kansas Pennsylvanian: Kansas Academy of Sciences Transactions, v. 36, p. 131-136.


Summary:

Pg. 133. Upper part of Galesburg shale is named Dodds Creek sandstone. Age is Pennsylvanian.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 616).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Dodds Creek sandstone member
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Cherokee basin
Publication:

Moore, R.C., and Landes, K.K., 1937, Geologic map of Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey, scale 1:500,000


Summary:

Pg. 40 (table), 42. Dodds Creek sandstone member of Coffeyville shale. Included in Coffeyville shale (restricted) in northeastern Oklahoma.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1128).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Dodds Creek sandstone member
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Cherokee basin
Publication:

Moore, R.C., Frye, J.C., Jewett, J.M., Lee, Wallace, and O'Connor, H.G., 1951, The Kansas rock column: Kansas Geological Survey Bulletin, no. 89, 132 p.


Summary:

Pg. 83, 87. Dodds Creek sandstone member of Coffeyville shale. [Occurs in Galesburg shale in southern Kansas.] Massive to thin-bedded sandstone, seemingly of deltaic origin; thickness as much as 40 feet. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Missourian).

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1128).


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