Tokio Formation Explained

Tokio Formation
Type:Formation
Age:Cretaceous
Namedfor:Tokio, Hempstead County, Arkansas
Namedby:Hugh Dinsmore Miser and Albert Homer Purdue[1]
Region:Arkansas, Oklahoma
Country:United States
Unitof:none
Subunits:none
Underlies:Brownstown Marl
Overlies:Woodbine Formation
Thickness:up to 300 feet[2]

The Tokio Formation is a Late Cretaceous geologic formation in Arkansas and Oklahoma.[2] Named in 1919 by Hugh Dinsmore Miser and Albert Homer Purdue in their study of Arkansas.[1] They assigned the town of Tokio, Hempstead County, Arkansas as the type locality, but did not designate a stratotype for this unit.

Notes and References

  1. Miser. Hugh D.. Purdue. A.H.. Gravel deposits of the Caddo Gap and De Queen quadrangles, Arkansas. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin. 1919. 690-B. 19–24.
  2. McFarland. John David. Stratigraphic summary of Arkansas. Arkansas Geological Commission Information Circular. 2004. 1998. 36. 28.