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Geologic Unit: Houy

Usage:

Houy Formation (TX*)


Subunits:

(alphabetical) --all in TX: Doublehorn Shale Member*, Ives Breccia Member*, King Creek Marl Member.


Geologic age:

Middle Devonian to Early Mississippian*


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

Type section: along Burnam Branch where it enters Doublehorn Creek, Burnet Co., TX (Cloud and others, 1957).


AAPG geologic province:

Llano uplift*


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 ([ ]).