Usage:
Crete Formation (KS*,NE*)
Crete sand and gravel [informal] (NE)
For informal usage, the rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.
Geologic age:
Quaternary (Pleistocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: in roadcuts along State Highway 33 about 1.5 mi west of main intersection at Crete, in NE/4 sec. 32, T. 8 S., R. 4 E., Saline Co., NE (Condra and others, 1947).
AAPG geologic province:
Salina basin*
Sedgwick 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 ([ ]).