- Usage in publication:
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- Bledsoe limestone
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- Named
- Dominant lithology:
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- Limestone
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Cincinnati arch
Summary:
Bledsoe limestone (new) is top bed of Clifton limestone in TN. Thickness ranges 0 to 32 feet. Overlies Newsom (Waldron) shaly clay and unconformably underlies Pegram limestone or Chattanooga shale. Same as Louisville limestone of IN. Age is Silurian (Niagaran).
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
- Usage in publication:
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- Bledsoe limestone
- Modifications:
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- Areal extent
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Cincinnati arch
Summary:
Pg. 269-270, fig. 80. Bledsoe limestone. In this report, all occurrences of post-Waldron Silurian strata in Central basin are called Bledsoe limestone. Thickness 18 feet at Bakers Station, 35 feet at Shackle Island, and 80 feet at Bransford, [central Tennessee]. Conformably overlies Waldron shale; unconformably overlain by either Pegram formation or Chattanooga shale. Age is Silurian (Niagaran).
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 384).
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