Usage:
Merkel Dolomite Member of Choza Formation (TX)
Merkel Dolomite of Clear Fork Group (TX)
Spelled Merkle in some early reports.
Geologic age:
early Permian (Leonardian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from exposures just west of Merkel, [a station on the Texas and Pacific RR, Taylor Co.], central northern TX. Traced across country to Abilene-Sweetwater section, Taylor and Nolan Cos., and to Double Mountain section, Haskell and Stonewall Cos., central northern TX (Wrather, 1917).
AAPG geologic province:
Bend arch
Palo Duro basin
Permian basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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