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Geologic Unit: Kenwood
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Kenwood sandstone
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sandstone
    • Shale
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Cincinnati arch
Publication:

Butts, Charles, 1915, Geology and mineral resources of Jefferson County, Kentucky: Kentucky Geological Survey [Report], 4th series, v. 3, pt. 2, 270 p.


Summary:

Named Kenwood sandstone for Kenwood Hill near Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY. Consists of 40 ft of thin sandstones alternating with shale. Contains Keokuk fossils. Underlies Rosewood shale and overlies New Providence shale; all belong to Osage group. The Kenwood is of Mississippian age.

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Kenwood sandstone member
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • 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:

Rank changed from Kenwood sandstone to Kenwood sandstone member of New Providence formation. Occurs at top of formation.

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


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  • Usage in publication:
    • Kenwood Siltstone Member*
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
    • Redescribed
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Siltstone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Cincinnati arch
Publication:

Kepferle, R.C., 1972, Geologic map of the Brooks quadrangle, Bullitt and Jefferson Counties, Kentucky: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map, GQ-961, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000 [http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_2260.htm]


Summary:

Kenwood sandstone of Butts (1915) redefined as Kenwood Siltstone Member of Borden Formation. Occurs within and at top of New Providence Shale Member. Composed of siltstone and clay shale. Thickness ranges from 20 to about 70 ft. Age is Mississippian.

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


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Kenwood Siltstone Member*
  • Modifications:
    • Overview
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Cincinnati arch
Publication:

Kepferle, R.C., 1977, Stratigraphy, petrology, and depositional environment of the Kenwood Siltstone Member, Borden Formation (Mississippian), Kentucky and Indiana: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, 1007, 49 p.


Summary:

Kenwood Siltstone Member of Borden Formation is a wedge of sediment that thins from 110 ft to zero across a width of 10 mi and that extends for 50 mi along depositional strike from southern Indiana southeastward into north-central Kentucky. Composed of siltstone and interbedded shale. Siltstone was deposited by turbidity currents that flowed towards the southwest down the front of the Borden delta to where it was deposited with the shaly bottomset beds. Kenwood overlies and is intertongued with New Providence Shale Member. Overlain by Nancy Member where not overlain by tongue of New Providence. Age is Mississippian (Osage Series).

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


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