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Geologic Unit: Werner

Usage:

Werner Formation (AR*,LA*,MS*,TX*)
Werner Formation of Louark Group (AR-subsurface)
Werner Anhydrite (AL)


Geologic age:

Jurassic, Middle*
Callovian*


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

Type section (subsurface): Gulf Refining Company No. 49, L. Werner Saw Mill Company well, Louann district, Union Co., AR (Hazzard and others, 1947).


AAPG geologic province:

Arkla basin*
Mid-Gulf Coast basin*
Gulf Coast 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 ([ ]).