- Usage in publication:
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- Revelo shale
- Modifications:
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- Original reference
- Dominant lithology:
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- Shale
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Appalachian basin
Summary:
Pg. 504 (fig. 2), 507. Revelo shale. Made up largely of dark-gray shale that on outcrop is commonly brownish gray and includes interval between top of Crossville sandstone and base of Corbin [sandstone]. Thickness 40 feet at type locality. In places disappears where overlying Corbin cuts it out. In Tennessee represented by three formations (ascending): Burnt Mill shale, Coalfield sandstone, and Glenmary shale. [Age is Early Pennsylvanian.]
Named from exposures along U.S. Highway 27 at north edge of community of Revelo, [Whitley City 7.5-min quadrangle], McCreary Co., southeastern KY.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1350, p. 628).
- Usage in publication:
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- Revelo Shale
- Modifications:
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- Not used
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Appalachian basin
Summary:
Rocks in vicinity of Revelo, McCreary County, southeastern Kentucky, are included in Breathitt Formation and Corbin(?) Sandstone Member of Lee Formation.
Source: Publication.
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