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- Berne member
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- Original reference
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- Conglomerate
- Sandstone
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Appalachian basin
Summary:
Pg. 656, 657, 659, 660, 667, 669, 674-682. Berne member of Cuyahoga formation. Largely pebbles, but sandstones of moderate coarseness and shales are found in it at some localities. Thickness 0 to 20 feet. Always present (in Licking, Fairfield, and Hocking Counties) and readily recognized resting on Black Hand member [restricted use of Black Hand]. Lithologically very like underlying conglomerates and heretofore included in Black Hand formation but here separated out as distinct top member of Cuyahoga formation. Whether it be regarded as closing the Cuyahoga or opening the Logan it separates two groups of sediments essentially different from each other in many ways. Underlies Byer member of Logan formation [the beds called Byer were previously included in Black Hand formation]. Equivalent to conglomerate 1 of C.S. Prosser. Age is Mississippian.
Named from exposures in Berne Twp., Fairfield Co., south-central OH.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 169-170).
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- Berne conglomerate member
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- Revised
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Appalachian basin
Summary:
Pg. 43-64. Berne conglomerate member. Coarse conglomerate sandstone. Can be traced from Vinton County to Wayne County, south-central Ohio, a distance of 120 miles. Its history belongs to Logan formation. [In detailed descriptions in this report the Berne is included in Cuyahoga formation, but in description it is included in Logan formation.]
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 169-170).
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- Berne member
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- Overview
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Appalachian basin
Summary:
Berne member. These beds belong to Black Hand formation of Prosser and others. Recognized in south-central Ohio. Age is Mississippian.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 169-170).
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- Berne conglomerate member
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- Revised
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Appalachian basin
Summary:
Pg. 173; Jour. Geol., v. 50, no. 1, p. 41 (table 2), 55-56. Berne conglomerate member included in Pretty Run sandstone facies (new) of Logan formation. Underlies Byer sandstone member; overlies adjoining Granville and Killbuck facies of Cuyahoga formation. Thickness a few inches to 16 feet; commonly 1 to 3 feet. Age is Early Mississippian.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 314).
- Usage in publication:
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- Berne member
- Berne pebble bed
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- Areal extent
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Appalachian basin
Summary:
Pg. 3 (table 1), 98-101. Report refers to unit as Berne member, or pebble bed, of Cuyahoga formation. Overlies Black Hand member in Granville and Hocking Valley provinces. In a 1910 manuscript, Hyde referred to Berne as Hanover pebble bed. [Age is Early Mississippian.]
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 314).
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