Usage:
/Ozaukee Member of Kewaunee Formation (WI)
[Preoccupied. Name previously applied to Devonian Ozaukee Member of Lake Church Formation by Raasch (1935) in same area.]
Geologic age:
Quaternary
Pleistocene
Wisconsinan, late
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: Lake Park section, north of Port Washington Harbor, in NW/4 SE/4 NE/4 sec. 28, T. 11 N., R. 22 E., Port Washington East 7.5-min quadrangle, Ozaukee Co., WI. Named from Ozaukee Co. (Mickelson and others, 1984).
AAPG geologic province:
Wisconsin arch
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