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Geologic Unit: Garber
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Garber sandstone
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Shale
    • Sandstone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Anadarko basin
    • Chautauqua platform
Publication:

Aurin, F.L., Officer, H.G., and Gould, C.N., 1926, The subdivision of the Enid formation: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 10, no. 8, pt. 2, p. 786-799. [Available online, with subscription, from AAPG archives: http://www.aapg.org/datasystems or http://search.datapages.com]


Summary:

Pg. 786-789. Garber sandstone. A series of red clay shales, and red sandy shales, and red sandstones overlying Wellington formation and underlying Hennessey shale in north-central Oklahoma. Divided into Lucien shale member below and Hayward sandstone member above. Included in Enid group. Thickness 600 feet. [Age is Permian.]
Named from exposures at Garber, Garfield Co., central northern OK.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 798).


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