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  • Usage in publication:
    • Marty Dolomite Bed
  • Modifications:
    • First used
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Dolomite
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Palo Duro basin
Publication:

Johnson, K.S., 1990, Standard outcrop section of the Blaine Formation and associated strata in southwestern Oklahoma: Oklahoma Geology Notes, v. 50, no. 5, p. 144-168.


Summary:

First published use of name for a thin persistent dolomite marker bed in the Flowerpot [Flower-pot] Shale of the El Reno Group. Was named earlier (1967) by author in an unpublished thesis. Source of geographic name and whereabouts of type not stated. Considered to be informal [though stratigraphic rank terms are capitalized]. Lies above the copper shales. Underlies some unnamed red-brown and gray-green shale. Typically is 0.1 to 0.5 ft thick. Is 0.5 ft thick in a measured section in NW1/4 SW1/4 sec 23, T1S, R22E to SW corner of sec 23 and NW corner of sec 26, Jackson Co, OK in the Palo Duro basin, though underlying unit not given. Lies 25 to 30 ft below the top of the [Flower-pot]. Full areal extent not stated. Permian age.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Denver GNULEX).


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