Usage:
Keota Sandstone Member of McAlester Formation of Krebs Group (OK*)
Geologic age:
Middle Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Comprises town of Keota, Haskell Co., eastern OK, and area immediately adjacent to northwest (Wilson, 1935; Oakes and Knechtel, 1948).
AAPG geologic province:
Arkoma basin*
Chautauqua platform*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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