- Usage in publication:
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- Caney Creek member
- Modifications:
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- Original reference
- Dominant lithology:
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- Siltstone
- Shale
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Cincinnati arch
Summary:
Pg. 76, 157, 159-160, 202, pls. 6, 15. Caney Creek member of Brodhead formation. Predominantly siltstone and shale. As much as 72 feet thick. Underlies Clementsville member (new); overlies unnamed shaly member. Included in Liberty facies (new) of formation. Age is Early Mississippian.
Type locality: a prominent knob, at head of Caney Creek, 2 mi east of Lebanon, Marion Co., central KY. Named from Caney Creek.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 608).
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