Usage:
Napoleon Drift (ND)
Geologic age:
Pleistocene
Wisconsin
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: south of Napoleon, in secs. 32 and 33, T. 135 N., R. 72 W., and in secs. 4, 5, 8, and 9, T. 134 N., R. 72 W., Logan Co., ND. Named from Napoleon (Clayton, 1962).
AAPG geologic province:
Williston basin
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