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]