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Geologic Unit: Hinkle

Usage:

Hinkle Member of Little Cedar Formation of Cedar Valley Group (IA)


Geologic age:

late Middle Devonian (Givetian)


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

At Garrison quarry, in E/2 SW/4 SE/4 sec. 28 and NE/4 NW/4 NE/4 sec. 33, T. 85 N., R. 11 W., Benton Co., IA (Witzke and others, 1988).


AAPG geologic province:

Iowa shelf


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