- Usage in publication:
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- Maury green shale
- Modifications:
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- Named
- Dominant lithology:
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- Shale
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Appalachian basin
Summary:
Named the Maury green shale in western and central TN for Maury Co., TN. Consists of green or greenish shale, few inches to 5 feet thick, with embedded roundish concretions of calcium phosphate from size of marbles to that of a man's head, and in kidney-like, cake-like, and gourd-like forms of various sizes. Unconformably overlies the Chattanooga black shale and underlies the Tullahoma formation. The Maury is of Early Mississippian age.
Source: GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX).
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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