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Geologic Unit: Lake Church

Usage:

Lake Church Formation (WI)


Subunits:

Belgium and Ozaukee Members (WI)


Geologic age:

Middle Devonian


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

Exposures in and about Lake Shore stone quarry near Lake Church, Ozaukee Co., southeastern WI (Raasch, 1935).


AAPG geologic province:

Michigan basin


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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