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  • Usage in publication:
    • Monroe Creek formation
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Chadron arch
Publication:

Harksen, J.C., Macdonald, J.R., and Sevon, W.D., 1961, New Miocene formation in South Dakota: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 45, no. 5, p. 674-678. [Available online, with subscription, from AAPG archives: http://www.aapg.org/datasystems or http://search.datapages.com]


Summary:

Revised in that the Miocene Monroe Creek formation of Arikaree group overlies the newly named Sharps formation recognized as the basal formation of the Arikaree group in Shannon Co, SD on the Chadron arch.

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


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