Usage:
No current usage.
(†Kawvian Series or †Kawvian Epoch considered obsolete.)
Geologic age:
Pennsylvanian, Late
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Typically developed in valley of Kaw (Kansas) River in northeastern Kansas. Named from commonly used alternative designation of Kansas (or Kaw) River which joins the Missouri at Kansas City (Moore and Thompson, 1949).
AAPG geologic province:
North America
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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