Usage:
South Bend Limestone Member of Stanton Limestone of Lansing Group (KS*,MO*,NE*)
South Bend Formation of Lansing Group (MO)
Subunits:
MEMBER STATUS (alphabetical) --all in KS and NE: Gretna Shale Bed, Kitaki Limestone Bed, Little Kaw Limestone Bed.
FORMATION STATUS (alphabetical) --MO: Gretna Shale Member, Kitaki Limestone Member, Little Kaw Limestone Member.
Geologic age:
Late Pennsylvanian (Missourian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from exposures just north of South Bend [Cass Co., southeastern NE] (Condra, 1927).
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.
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