- Usage in publication:
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- Conway Cut siltstone member
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- Named
- Dominant lithology:
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- Siltstone
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Cincinnati arch
Summary:
Named Conway Cut siltstone member of New Providence Formation. Composed of siltstone which is massive, gritty, and cliff-forming. Gray to light buff where fresh. Curly worm marks and TAONURUS abound. In places, large limestone or iron carbonate concretions are prominent. As much as 75 ft thick. Age is Early Mississippian.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
- Usage in publication:
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- Conway Cut Bed*
- Modifications:
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- Revised
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Cincinnati arch
Summary:
Conway Cut siltstone member of New Providence formation of Stockdale (1939) reduced in rank to Conway Cut Bed and assigned to Cowbell Member of Borden Formation. Upper Bed of two that extend southward from the main body of the Nancy Member of the Borden Formation. Crops out in south-central Kentucky. Age is Early Mississippian.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
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