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  • Usage in publication:
    • Bern limestone*
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
    • Shale
    • Coal
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Nemaha anticline
Publication:

Moore, R.C., and Mudge, M.R., 1956, Reclassification of some Lower Permian and Upper Pennsylvanian strata in northern Midcontinent, IN Geological notes: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 40, no. 9, p. 2271-2278. [Available online, with subscription, from AAPG archives: http://www.aapg.org/datasystems or http://search.datapages.com]


Summary:

Pg. 2274 (fig. 1), 2276-2277. Bern limestone of Wabaunsee group. Defined to include persistent escarpment-forming limestone and associated strata which occur between Auburn shale above and Scranton shale below. Thickness ranges from about 7 feet to 35 feet; average 20 feet. Comprises (ascending) Burlingame limestone, Soldiers Creek shale, and Wakarusa limestone members. Age is Late Pennsylvanian (Virgilian).
Type section: roadcut in SE/4 SE/4 sec. 7, T. 1 S., R. 13 E., about 0.5 mi north and 1 mi west of Bern. Named from town of Bern, Nemaha Co., northeastern KS.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 312).


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