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Geologic Unit: Fulda
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Fulda limestone
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Illinois basin
Publication:

Franklin, D.W., 1944, Pennsylvanian stratigraphy of part of southern Indiana [with introduction by H.R. Wanless]: Illinois Academy of Science Transactions, v. 37, p. 85-92.


Summary:

Pg. 87 (fig. 1), 88-89. Fulda limestone of Mansfield group. Dark-blue-gray dense pure brittle, sparsely fossiliferous limestone. Thickness 2.5 feet. Occurs near top of group about 15 feet below Ferdinand limestone (new). Age is Pennsylvanian (Pottsville).
Named from exposures along road between Fulda and New Boston, eastern Spencer Co., southwestern IN.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1440).


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