Abstract
There are thirteen erratic masses superimposed on Simpson strata ranging in age from the Oil Creek formation to the Bromide formation south of the city of Sulphur, Murray County, Oklahoma. The rocks of the erratic masses range in age from the McLish formation to the Trenton formation. Their occurrence has not been previously recognized. The stratigraphy and structural history of the area and the possibilities of the origin of the erratic masses are discussed. It is concluded that these erratic masses are outliers of an overthrust sheet. The overthrust, from the southwest, occurred in post-Hoxbar-pre-Pontotoc time and overrode the truncated beds of the Simpson group. In short, the erratic masses are klippen.
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