Usage:
Gower Dolomite (IA)
Gower Formation (IL,IA)
Subunits:
(alphabetical): Anamosa Member (IL,IA), Brady Member (IA), LeClaire Member (IL,IA).
Geologic age:
Silurian (Wenlock to Ludlow?)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Gower Twp., Cedar Co., central eastern IA (US geologic names lexicons, USGS Bull. 896, 1200).
AAPG geologic province:
Iowa shelf
Wisconsin arch
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 ([ ]).