Usage:
Odell Shale of Chase Group (KS*,NE*)
Odell Shale of Sumner Group (KS)
Geologic age:
early Permian (Leonardian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Exposures in ravines and highway cuts 1/8 mi south and 2.25 mi east of Odell, in southwestern Gage Co., southeastern NE. Named from town of Odell (Condra and Upp, 1931).
AAPG geologic province:
Nemaha anticline*
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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