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Geologic Unit: Nolans
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Nolans limestone
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Salina basin
    • Nemaha anticline
    • Anadarko basin
Publication:

Moore, R.C., 1936, Pennsylvanian and lower "Permian" rocks of the Kansas-Missouri region: Kansas Geological Society Guidebook for the Annual Field Conference, no. 10, p. 7-73., See also USGS unpub. corr. charts of Pennsylvanian and Permian rocks of KS and NE, compiled by M.G. Wilmarth, Secretary of Committee on Geologic Names, Oct. 1936


Summary:

Pg. 12. Nolans limestone of Sumner group. Underlies Pearl shale, overlies Odell shale, and includes (descending) Herington limestone, Paddock shale, and Krider limestone members. Age is Permian. Present in northeastern Kansas.
[Origin of name not stated.]

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 1505); GNC KS-NE Permian Corr. Chart, Oct. 1936.


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Nolans limestone
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Salina basin
    • Nemaha anticline
    • Anadarko basin
Publication:

Moore, R.C., 1936, A "Permian" flora from the Pennsylvanian rocks of Kansas: Journal of Geology, v. 44, no. 1, p. 1-31.


Summary:

Pg. 5-9. Divided Sumner group into (descending) Wellington [restricted], Donegal, and Nolans formations, but did not define the new names Donegal ond Nolans. Age is Permian. Present in northeastern Kansas.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 1505).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Nolans limestone
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Salina basin
    • Nemaha anticline
    • Anadarko basin
Publication:

Jewett, J.M., 1941, The geology of Riley and Geary Counties, Kansas: Kansas Geological Survey Bulletin, no. 39, 164 p. [Available online from the Kansas Geological Survey: http://www.kgs.ku.edu/General/Geology/Riley]


Summary:

Pg. 89-91; R.C. Moore and others, 1951, Kansas Geol. Survey Bull., no. 89, p. 41. Nolans limestone. Reallocated to Chase group. Reallocation made on basis of redefinition of Leonard-Wolfcamp boundary; base of Leonard in Kansas is arbitrarily placed at top of Nolans formation which is top of Herington limestone member. Formation includes (ascending) Krider limestone, Paddock shale, and Herington limestone member. Underlies Wellington shale; overlies Odell shale. Age is Permian (Wolfcamp series).
Named from Nolans, a railway siding near Emmons, Washington Co., northwestern KS.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 2755).


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