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  • Usage in publication:
    • Willard shale*
  • Modifications:
    • Contact revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Nemaha anticline
    • Forest City basin
Publication:

Moore, R.C., and Mudge, M.R., 1956, Reclassification of some Lower Permian and Upper Pennsylvanian strata in northern Midcontinent, IN Geological notes: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 40, no. 9, p. 2271-2278. [Available online, with subscription, from AAPG archives: http://www.aapg.org/datasystems or http://search.datapages.com]


Summary:

Pg. 2274 (fig. 1), 2276. Willard shale of Wabaunsee group. Underlies Zeandale formation (new); overlies Emporia limestone. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Virgilian).

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 4241-4242).


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