Usage:
Dothan Formation (CA*,OR*)
Subunits:
(alphabetical): Macklyn Member (CA?,OR), Winchuck Member (CA?,OR).
Geologic age:
Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from exposures in vicinity of Dothan Post Office [West Fork Station], on Cow Creek, Douglas Co., southwestern OR (Diller, 1907).
AAPG geologic province:
Western Columbia 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 ( ).
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