Usage:
Nehawka Limestone Member of Plattford Shale (NE)
Geologic age:
Pennsylvanian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposed in bed of North Branch of the Weeping Water, 2 mi north of Nehawka, Cass Co., NE. Named from town of Nehawka, Cass Co., NE (Condra and Bengtson, 1915).
AAPG geologic province:
Nemaha anticline
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