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Geologic Unit: Palzo

Usage:

Palzo Sandstone Member of Carbondale Formation (IL-local)


Geologic age:

Middle Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian)


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

Type locality: exposures at Palzo, 10 mi southeast of Marion, in SE/4 sec. 16, T. 10 S., R. 4 E., Marion 15-min quadrangle, Williamson Co., southern IL (Weller and others, 1942; Kosanke and others, 1960).


AAPG geologic province:

Illinois basin


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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