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Geologic Units: Sublett
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Sublett member
  • Modifications:
    • First used
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Great Basin province
    • Snake River basin
Publication:

Bissell, H.J., 1960, Eastern Great Basin Permo-Pennsylvanian strata; preliminary statement: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 44, no. 8, p. 1424-1435. [Available online, with subscription, from AAPG archives: http://www.aapg.org/datasystems or http://search.datapages.com]


Summary:

Wells formation divided into (ascending order): Calder Creek, Heglar Canyon, Sublett, and Indian Fork members (all new) in Sublett Mountains, ID in the Great Basin province and Snake River basin. Overlies Milligen formation; underlies Grandeur member of Park City formation. New members shown only on a chart; no definition or description included in report. [Member names should be considered invalid.]

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Sublett Member†
  • Modifications:
    • Abandoned
Publication:

Yancey, T.E., Ishibashi, G.D., and Bingman, P.T., 1980, Carboniferous and Permian stratigraphy of the Sublett Range, south-central Idaho, IN Fouch, T.D., and Magathan, E.R., eds., Paleozoic paleogeography of the west-central United States: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Rocky Mountain Section, Rocky Mountain Paleogeography Symposium, v. 1, p. 259-269.


Summary:

Name applied to 1 (of 4) member of Wells Formation abandoned. Is equivalent to Tussing Formation. Nomenclature chart.

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


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