Usage:
Omadi Sandstone of Dakota Group (CO,KS,NE*,WY)
Omadi Formation of Dakota Group (CO,KS,NE,WY)
Subunits:
(alphabetical): Cruise Sandstone Member (CO,KS,NE,WY), Fall River Member (NE), Gurley Sandstone Member (CO,KS,NE,WY), Huntsman Shale Member (CO,KS,NE,WY), Newcastle Member (NE).
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: in Missouri River bluffs extending through Omadi Twp., Dakota Co., eastern NE. Term Omadi relates to an abandoned town, Omaha Creek, and the Omaha Indians (Condra and Reed, 1943).
AAPG geologic province:
Salina basin*
Denver basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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