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Geologic Unit: Garber

Usage:

Garber Sandstone (OK*)
Garber Sandstone of Sumner Group (OK)
Garber Formation of Clear Fork Group (OK)


Subunits:

(alphabetical) --all in OK: Asphaltum Sandstone Member, Auger Limestone Lentil, Hayward Member, Lucien Shale Member.


Geologic age:

early Permian (Leonardian)*


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

Named from exposures at Garber, Garfield Co., central northern OK (Aurin and others, 1926).


AAPG geologic province:

Anadarko basin*
Chautauqua platform*
Palo Duro basin*
South Oklahoma folded belt*


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 ([ ]).