Usage:
Kline Member of Nesson Formation (MT*,ND*)
Kline Member of Piper Formation (ND)
Geologic age:
Jurassic, Early(?)*
Jurassic, Middle*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (subsurface): depth-interval 4,386 to 4,533 ft, Price Drilling Company No.1 Kline well, in center SE/4 SE/4 SE/4 sec. 16, T. 157 N., R. 85 W., Ward Co., ND. Presumably named from Kline well (Nordquist, 1955).
AAPG geologic province:
Williston basin*
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 ([ ]).