Usage:
Markley Formation of Bowie Group (TX)
Subunits:
(alphabetical) --in TX: Breckenridge Limestone Member, Crystal Falls Limestone Member.
Geologic age:
Pennsylvanian, Late
Virgilian
Permian, Early
Wolfcampian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Stratotype: from base of road cut on north side of Farm Road 1769 about 2.7 mi west of Farm Road 1769's intersection with TX Highway 16 at Markley in northeastern Young Co., TX. Named from Markley (Hentz, 1988).
AAPG geologic province:
Bend arch
Fort Worth syncline
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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