Usage:
Welton Member of Hopkinton Dolomite (IA)
Welton Member of Scotch Grove Formation (IL,IA)
Geologic age:
early Silurian (Llandovery)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: Behr quarry, 5 km south of Welton, NW/4 SW/4 sec. 2, T. 81 N., R. 3 E., Clinton Co., eastern IA (Johnson, 1983).
AAPG geologic province:
Iowa shelf
Wisconsin arch
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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