Usage:
Wyalusing Member of Kieler Formation (WI)
Geologic age:
Quaternary (Pleistocene)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: corehole site CR-3 (Bridgeport section) located just across the Wisconsin River Valley from Wyalusing State Park, center of north line of NE/4 NW/4 sec. 10, T. 6 N., R. 6 W., Lat. 43 deg. 27 min. 36 sec. N., Long. 90 deg. 26 min. 04 sec. W., Bridgeport 7.5-min quadrangle, Crawford Co., southwestern WI. Named from Wyalusing State Park (Leigh and Knox, 1994; Syverson and others, 2011, Wisconsin Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey Tech. Rpt., no. 1, p. 160+).
AAPG geologic province:
Wisconsin arch
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