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  • Usage in publication:
    • Burbank member
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Shale
    • Sandstone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Conrey, G.W., 1921, Geology of Wayne County, [Ohio]: Ohio State University, PhD dissertation, 155 p.


Summary:

Pg. 50. Burbank member of Cuyahoga formation. Basal member of Cuyahoga formation in Wayne County, north-central Ohio. Grayish blue shales and grayish buff sandstones alternating; 150 feet exposed. Underlies Armstrong member and overlies Sunbury shale.
Named from Burbank, in northern part of Wayne Co., north-central OH.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 294).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Burbank member
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Holden, F.T., 1941, Mississippian stratigraphy of Ohio: Illinois Academy of Science Transactions, v. 34, no. 2, p. 172-173.


Summary:

Pg. 172; Jour. Geol., v. 50, no. 1, p. 49. Burbank member included in Killbuck shale facies (new) of the Cuyahoga formation. Consists of series of alternating gray arenaceous shales and buff-gray fine-grained sandstones and siltstones with maximum exposed thickness of 150 feet. Base not exposed. Underlies Armstrong sandstone member. [Age is Mississippian.]

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 534-535).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Burbank member
  • Modifications:
    • Not used
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Szmuc, E.J., 1958, Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Cuyahoga formation of northern Ohio: Dissertation Abstracts, v. 18, no. 6, p. 2109., The Ohio State Univ. PhD dissert., 1248 p., 1957


Summary:

Discussion of stratigraphy and paleontology of Cuyahoga formation. Term Burbank not used since it refers to strata lithically and faunally identical with upper part of Meadville member.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 534-535).


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