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Geologic Unit: White Owl Creek

Usage:

White Owl Creek Member of Fox Hills Formation (SD)


Subunits:

Enning facies (SD).


Geologic age:

Late Cretaceous


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

Type section: from NW/4 SW/4 NE/4 sec. 18, T. 7 N., R. 13 E., to SW/4 SW/4 NE/4 sec. 7, T. 7 N., R. 13 E., Meade Co., SD (Pettyjohn, 1967).


AAPG geologic province:

Williston basin


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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