Usage:
Kessler Limestone Member of Bloyd Shale (AR*,OK*)
Kessler Limestone Member of Bloyd Formation (AR*,OK*)
Kessler Formation (OK)
Geologic age:
Early Pennsylvanian (Morrowan)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from its occurrence in Kessler Mountain, in T. 16 N., R. 30 W., southwest of Fayetteville, Washington Co., AR (Simonds, 1891).
AAPG geologic province:
Arkoma basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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