Usage:
Doxey Shale (OK*)
[?] Doxey Shale of Foss Group (OK)
Subunits:
[?] Alibates Dolomite Bed (OK*).
Geologic age:
Late Permian (Lopingian; Ochoan)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Notable exposures in Washita and Beckham Cos., central western OK (see Green, 1936).
AAPG geologic province:
Anadarko 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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