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Geologic Unit: Norfleet

Usage:

Norfleet Limestone Member of Lenapah Limestone (IA)
Norfleet Limestone Member of Lenapah Formation (MO)
Norfleet Member of Lenapah Limestone (KS,OK)


Geologic age:

Middle Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian)*


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

Type exposure: SE/4 sec. 35, T. 32 S., R. 18 E., Labette Co., KS (Jewett, 1941).


AAPG geologic province:

Cherokee basin*


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 ([ ]).