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  • Usage in publication:
    • Kiddville bed
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Limestone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Cincinnati arch
Publication:

Foerste, A.F., 1906, The Silurian, Devonian, and Irvine formations of east-central Kentucky, with an account of their clays and limestones: Kentucky Geological Survey Bulletin, no. 7, 369 p.


Summary:

Pg. 92, 93. Kiddville bed or Kiddville layer. Dense light-gray limestone, blue argillaceous gritty limestone, and reddish-brown limestone. Thickness 0 to 3 feet. Characterized by fish remains. Bottom layer of Boyle limestone (Devonian). Overlies Crab Orchard formation (Silurian). Age is Middle Devonian.
Named for small hamlet 1 mi north of Indian Fields, Clark Co., east-central KY.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 1092).


Map showing publication footprint
  • Usage in publication:
    • Kiddville Formation
  • Modifications:
    • Revised
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Cincinnati arch
Publication:

Conkin, J.E., Conkin, B.M., and Lipchinsky, Z.L., 1973, Middle Devonian (Hamiltonian) stratigraphy and bone beds on the east side of the Cincinnati arch in Kentucky; Part 1, Clark, Madison, and Casey Counties: University of Louisville Studies in Paleontology and Stratigraphy, no. 2, 44 p.


Summary:

Kiddville Bed of Boyle Dolomite here referred to as a Formation in Boyle Group. Consists of tan to brown dolomite, conglomerate, and bone bed. 4.15 ft thick at type locality, of which 3.4 ft is bone bed. Maximum thickness 6.6 ft. Overlies Crab Orchard Shale. Age is Middle Devonian.

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


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

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