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Geologic Unit: Broadwater

Usage:

Broadwater Formation (NE*)


Subunits:

Lisco Member.


Geologic age:

Tertiary*
Pliocene*
Quaternary
Pleistocene


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

In NE/4 sec. 20, T. 19 N., R. 47 W., Morrill Co., NE. Named from Broadwater, Morrill Co., NE (Schultz and Stout, 1945).


AAPG geologic province:

Denver basin


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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 ([ ]).