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  • Usage in publication:
    • Culver Springs shale member
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Shale
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Cincinnati arch
Publication:

Stockdale, P.B., 1939, Lower Mississippian rocks of the east-central interior [Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio]: Geological Society of America Special Paper, 22, 248 p.


Summary:

Name Culver Springs shale member proposed for basal member of Brodhead formation, Pilot Knob facies (new). Thickness 40 ft. Underlies Lebanon Junction siltstone member (new); overlies New Providence formation, Keith Knob facies (new). Age is Early Mississippian.

Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).


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