- Usage in publication:
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- Kerton Creek coal member
- Modifications:
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- Principal reference
- Dominant lithology:
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- Coal
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Illinois basin
Summary:
Pg. 35, 47 (table 1), pl. 1. Kerton Creek coal member of Carbondale formation of Kewanee group (new). Assigned member status in Carbondale formation. Occurs above Pleasantview sandstone member and below Summum coal (No. 4) member. Coal named by Ekblaw (1930, Illinois Acad. Sci. Trans., v. 23, no. 3); Wanless (1957, Illinois Geol. Survey Bull., no. 82) credited name to W.V. Searight, unpub. ms. Presentation of new rock-stratigraphic classification of Pennsylvanian strata in Illinois.
Type locality: north side of Kerton Creek, in NE/4 NE/4 sec. 15, T. 3 N., R. 2 E., Fulton Co., IL.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 1997).
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