Usage:
Chikaskia Sandstone Member of Harper Sandstone of Nippewalla Group (KS*,OK*)
Geologic age:
early Permian (Leonardian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: in sec. 10, T. 31 S., R. 6 W., [Danville 7.5-min quadrangle], Harper Co., southern KS. Named from exposures along Chikaskia River (Norton, 1937 [abs.], 1939).
AAPG geologic province:
Sedgwick basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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