Usage:
Nellie Bly Formation of Skiatook Group (OK*)
Subunits:
Shell Creek Sandstone Member (OK).
Geologic age:
Pennsylvanian, Late*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Nellie Bly Creek, southern Washington Co., OK (Gould, 1925).
Type locality: on Nellie Bly Creek, in secs. 31, 32, 29, 28, T. 24 N., R. 13 E., Washington Co., OK (Oakes, 1940).
AAPG geologic province:
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 ( ).
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