Usage:
South Mound Shale Member of Hepler Formation of Pleasanton Group (KS-local)
[?] South Mound Shale Member of Seminole Formation of Pleasanton Group (KS,MO)
Uncertain if South Mound Sh. Mbr. Of Hepler Fm. adopted by KS Strat. Names Com.
Geologic age:
Middle Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: in sec. 2, T. 35 S., R. 18 E., Labette Co., KS (Jewett and others, 1965).
AAPG geologic province:
Cherokee basin
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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