- Usage in publication:
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- Cannelton shale
- Modifications:
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- Original reference
- Dominant lithology:
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- Shale
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Appalachian basin
Summary:
Pg. 151-152, 170+. Cannelton (Stockton) shale in Kanawha formation. Sandy black shale, 15 to 34 feet thick, containing marine fossils. Underlies Cannelton (Stockton) limestone and rests on 2 feet of black slate containing fossil plants, or, where that is absent, on Matewan coal. Age is Pennsylvanian.
[Named from Cannelton, Fayette Co., southern WV. See also Cannelton limestone.]
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 335).
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