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Geologic Unit: Misener

Usage:

Misener sand (informal) (KS,MO,OK, and CO*-subsurface)
Misener Sandstone (OK)
Misener Sandstone Member of Chattanooga Shale (MO)

For informal usage, the rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.


Geologic age:

Devonian


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

Not designated. Named from Fred D. Misener, an oil operator and driller (Wilmarth, 1938).


AAPG geologic province:

Anadarko basin
Chautauqua platform


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 ([ ]).