Usage:
Denton Clay of Washita Group (OK*,TX*)
Denton Shale of Washita Group (OK)
Denton Formation of Washita Group (LA-subsurface)
Denton Shale Member of Georgetown Limestone (TX)
Denton Shale Member of Bokchito Formation (OK)
Denton Clay Member of Bokchito Formation (OK)
Geologic age:
Early Cretaceous (Albian; Comanchean Provincial Epoch)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Denton Creek, Denton Co., northeastern TX (US geologic names lexicons, USGS Bull. 896, 1200).
AAPG geologic province:
Anadarko basin
Fort Worth syncline*
Ouachita folded belt
South Oklahoma folded belt*
Strawn 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 ([ ]).