Usage:
West Fargo Member of Poplar River Formation (MN,ND)
Geologic age:
Pleistocene
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Composite section: borings 1, 2, and 3, F-2 Dormitory, Moorhead State College, in SE/4 NE/4 SE/4 sec. 8, T. 139 N., R. 48 W., Moorhead, Clay Co., west-central MN (Arndt, 1977).
Type area: vicinity of Fargo, ND. Named from town of West Fargo, Cass Co., east-central ND (Arndt, 1977).
AAPG geologic province:
Sioux uplift
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