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Bennison, A.P.; Chenoweth, P.A.; Desjardins, L.A.; and Ferris, C., 1972, Surface geology and Bouguer gravity of Tulsa County, Oklahoma, in Bennison, A.P. (ed.), Tulsa's Physical Environment: Tulsa Geological Society Digest, 37, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
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Main stratotype section for the Bixby 7.5-minute quadrangle showing principal formations, members , and beds, their relative stratigraphic positions, general lithologic textures, and average thicknesses. Formal member and bed names are indicated by capitalization (i.e., Tulsa Sandstone), while informal names are given in lowercase (i.e., Nowata flagstone). Unit names followed by a ‘?’ indicate that the member or bed was not observed in the field area, but has been report ed in adjac ent areas or in t he s ubs urf ac e.
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Oklahoma Geologic Quadrangle OGQ-75 Geologic Map of the Bixby 7.5Quadrangle
OKLAHOMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY G. Randy Keller, Director
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Map Credits Base map from a USGS topograhic map of the Bixby quadrangle, dated 1957 and photorevised 1993. Universal Transverse Mercator projection. 1927 North American Datum. National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Geology by Thomas M. Stanley and Julie M. Chang, 2008-2009. Research supported by the U.S. Geological Survey, National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program, under 08HQAG0020. The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as necessarily representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the U.S. Government. Cartography and layout prepared by G. Russell Standridge, 2009.
