Chase Group Explained

Chase Group
Type:Group
Age:Lower Permian
Period:Lower Permian
Prilithology:Limestone, shale, mudstone
Otherlithology:Flint, paleosols
Namedfor:Chase County, Kansas
Namedby:C.S. Prosser[1]
Year Ts:1895
Region:Kansas with Oklahoma and Nebraska
Country:United States
Subunits:Nolans Limestone
Odell Shale
Winfield Limestone
Doyle Shale
Barneston Limestone
Matfield Shale
Wreford Limestone
Underlies:Sumner Group
Overlies:Council Grove Group

The Chase Group is a sedimentary rock unit of Lower Permian age. It is defined in east-central Kansas and extends into Oklahoma and Nebraska as well as the Colorado subsurface where it is undivided. The unit was assigned geologic group rank around 1902.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Prosser, C.S., 1895, The classification of the upper Paleozoic rocks of central Kansas: Journal of Geology, v. 3, nos. 6-7, p. 682-705, 764-800.
  2. Web site: Geologic Unit: Chase . Geolex — Significant Publications . National Geologic Database . . 2021-11-28 .