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Geologic Unit: Tecumseh
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Tecumseh shale member
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Nemaha anticline
Publication:

Condra, G.E., 1930, Correlation of the Pennsylvanian beds in the Platte and Jones Point sections of Nebraska: Nebraska Geological Survey Bulletin, 2nd series, no. 3, 57 p., See also "Modern classifications of the Pennsylvanian rocks of eastern Kansas and southeastern Nebraska," compiled by M.G. Wilmarth, Secretary of Committee on Geologic Names, USGS unpub. corr. chart, Oct. 1936, sheet 1


Summary:

Tecumseh shale member of Shawnee group. Includes the following beds (descending): Rakes Creek shale, 20+/- feet; Ost limestone, 1.5 feet; and Kenosha shale, 6+/- feet. Overlies Lecompton limestone member and underlies Deer Creek limestone member. Age is Pennsylvanian.

Source: GNC KS-NE Pennsylvanian Corr. Chart, sheet 1, Oct. 1936.


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