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  • Usage in publication:
    • Bacon Bend member*
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Shale
    • Sandstone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Neuman, R.B., 1955, Middle Ordovician rocks of the type Tellico-Sevier belt, eastern Tennessee, IN Shorter contributions to general geology, 1955-57: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 274-F, p. F141-F178. [Available online from the USGS PubsWarehouse: http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/pp/pp274F]


Summary:

Unit at top of Sevier formation named Bacon Bend member. Consists gray calcareous shale and sandstone with submarine slump structures. Also contains even-bedded beds of gray and red calcareous mudrock. Thickness 40 to 165 ft. Underlies Bays formation; overlies main body of Sevier formation. Age is Middle Ordovician.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


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