Usage:
[/?] Groesbeck Formation (TX)
[/?] Groesbeck Formation of Paducah Group (TX-recognized locally in eastern and southern Rolling Plains)
Geologic age:
Quaternary (Pleistocene; Rancholabrean NALMA)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: locality mentioned by Cummins [1893] as the "Forks of Groesbeck Creek." Groesbeck Creek is small tributary of Red River, located near eastern side of Texas Panhandle, Hardeman Co. (Dalquest, 1965).
AAPG geologic province:
Permian basin
Palo Duro basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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