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Geologic Unit: Dobbs Valley

Usage:

Dobbs Valley Sandstone [unranked] in Mingus Formation of Strawn Group (TX)


Geologic age:

Middle Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian)


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

Not synopsized to date. [See US geologic names lexicons, USGS Bull. 896, 1200]


AAPG geologic province:

Bend arch
Fort Worth syncline


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

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