Usage:
Bird Creek Limestone of Waubaunsee Group (OK*)
Bird Creek Limestone of Ada Group (OK)
Geologic age:
Pennsylvanian*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from exposures on valley sides of Bird Creek and tributaries, in T. 27 N., R. 8 E., Osage Co., OK. A "good exposure" on slope in northwest corner of sec. 28, T. 27 N., R. 8 E., Osage Co., OK (Bowen, 1922; Heald, 1922).
AAPG geologic province:
Chautauqua platform*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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