Wabaunsee Group
Geologic group in Kansas, United States
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The Wabaunsee Group is a Late-Carboniferous geologic group in Kansas, extending into Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, and Oklahoma.[2][1] The unit is recognized in the subsurface by drillers in Colorado as Wabaunsee Formation.[2]
| Wabaunsee Group | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: [1] (Virgilian stage)[2] | |
| Type | Group |
| Unit of | Virgilian series |
| Sub-units | |
| Underlies | Admire Group |
| Overlies | Shawnee Group |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Cyclothems of limestone and shale |
| Other | Mudstone, sand, coal |
| Location | |
| Region | Kansas |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Wabaunsee County, Kansas |
| Named by | C.S. Prosser[2] |
| Year defined | 1895 |
In locations, some upper members are not present due to a series of erosions that occurred in late-Pennsylvanian time.[3][4]
