Usage:
Wesson Tongue of Dorcheat Member of Schuler Formation of Cotton Valley Group (AR,LA,TX)
Geologic age:
Jurassic, Late
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (subsurface): depth-interval 5,710 to 5,735 ft, Standard Oil Company of Louisiana, D.A. Zimmerman No. 1 [well], in SE/4 SE/4 sec. 29, T. 18 S., R. 16 W., Union Co., AR. Named from occurrence near Wesson, Union Co., AR (Swain, 1944).
AAPG geologic province:
Arkla basin
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