Geolex — Parker publications

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Geologic Unit: Parker

Usage in publication:
- Parker formation
Modifications:
- Original reference
AAPG geologic province:
- Illinois basin

Publication:

Fidlar, M.M., 1933, Some hills of circumalluviation in the lower Wabash Valley: Indiana Academy of Science Proceedings, v. 42, p. 135-140.

Summary:

Pg. 137, 139. Gave following succession (downward order) of outcropping formations in Knox County, Indiana, and adjacent parts of Illinois: St. Wendell sandstone, 45 feet; Parker formation (underclay, coal, black shale, limestone), 20 feet; Merom sandstone, 60 to 100 feet; Ditney formation, 0 to 10 feet; West Franklin formation, 15 feet. Age is Pennsylvanian.
Origin of new names St. Wendell sandstone and Parker formation not indicated.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 1604).

Usage in publication:
- Parker limestone
Modifications:
- Revised
AAPG geologic province:
- Illinois basin

Publication:

Moore, R.C. (chairman), 1944, Correlation of Pennsylvanian formations of North America; Chart No. 6, Correlation chart of Pennsylvanian rocks of North America: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 55, no. 6, p. 657-706., Prepared by the Pennsylvanian Subcommittee, R.C. Moore, chairman, under the auspices of the National Research Council Committee on Stratigraphy, C.O. Dunbar, chairman

Summary:

Chart 6 (column 25). Parker limestone. Shown on correlation chart as limestone near base of Wabash formation. Age is Pennsylvanian.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 2927).

Usage in publication:
- Parker limestone
Modifications:
- Revised
AAPG geologic province:
- Illinois basin

Publication:

Cooper, C.L., 1946, Pennsylvanian ostracodes of Illinois: Illinois Geological Survey Bulletin, no. 70, 177 p. [Includes faunal chart, available online from the Illinois Geological Survey library: http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/library]

Summary:

Pg. 16 (fig. 2). Shown on correlation chart as limestone in McLeansboro group. Age is Pennsylvanian.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 2927).

Usage in publication:
- Parker formation
Modifications:
- Overview
AAPG geologic province:
- Illinois basin

Publication:

Keroher, G.C., 1960, [Selected U.S. Geologic Names Committee remarks, ca. 1960], IN Keroher, G.C., 1966, Lexicon of geologic names of the United States for 1936-1960: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 1200, pts. 1-3, 4341 p.

Summary:

May or may not be same unit referred to as Parkers formation by Malott 1947.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 2927).

Usage in publication:
- Parker limestone
Modifications:
- Areal extent
AAPG geologic province:
- Illinois basin

Publication:

Kosanke, R.M., Simon, J.A., Wanless, H.R., and Willman, H.B., 1960, Classification of the Pennsylvanian strata of Illinois: Illinois Geological Survey Report of Investigations, no. 214, 84 p.

Summary:

Pl. 1. Parker limestone. Shown on correlation chart (column 5, southwestern Indiana). Occurs above Parker coal and below Livingston limestone. Correlative with Macoupin limestone member of Modesto formation of southwestern Illinois, and Bethany Falls limestone of Missouri. Age is Pennsylvanian (Conemaugh).

Source: Publication.

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