Usage:
Swope Limestone of Kansas City Group (IA*,KS*,MO*,NE*)
Swope Limestone of Bronson Group (IA)
Swope Formation of /Bronson subgroup [informal] of Kansas City Group (KS,MO)
["Subgroup" not recognized as a formal stratigraphic rank term (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). Bronson subgroup considered informal and should not be capitalized.]
Subunits:
(alphabetical): Bethany Falls Member (IA*,KS*,MO*,NE*), Hushpuckney Shale Member (KS,MO) or Hushpuckney Member (IA,NE), [?]Tennison Creek Shale Member (KS).
Geologic age:
Late Pennsylvanian (Missourian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Swope Park, Kansas City, Jackson Co., northwestern MO (Moore and Newell, IN Newell, 1935).
AAPG geologic province:
Forest City 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 ([ ]).