Usage:
No current usage.
(†Brazos Sandstone (TX) replaced with Brazos River Conglomerate Member of Garner Formation. See Brazos River.)
Geologic age:
Pennsylvanian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Origin of name not stated by author, but probably named from the Brazos River, north-central TX (Plummer, 1919).
AAPG geologic province:
Bend arch
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Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).