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  • Usage in publication:
    • Berry Run Member*
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sandstone
    • Siltstone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Epstein, J.B., Sevon, W.D., and Glaeser, J.D., 1974, Geology and mineral resources of the Lehighton and Palmerton quadrangles, Carbon and Northampton Counties, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Geological Survey Topographic and Geologic Atlas, 4th series, 195cd, 460 p., scale 1:24,000


Summary:

Named Berry Run Member of the Catskill Formation for Berry Run, Carbon Co., PA. Consists of 300 meters of cross-bedded, gray and red sandstone and siltstone. Unit overlies Sawmill Run Member and underlies Clarks Ferry Member, both of the Catskill Formation. The Berry Run is of Late Devonian age.

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


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