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Geologic Unit: Pedee

Usage:

No current usage.
(Rocks of †Pedee Group (KS,MO*, and CO*-subsurface) reallocated to Douglas Group. See Douglas.)


Geologic age:

Late Pennsylvanian (Missourian)*


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

Named from stream near Weston, [Platte Co.], MO, opposite Leavenworth, KS, on Missouri River (Moore, 1932).


AAPG geologic province:

Anadarko 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 ([ ]).