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Geologic Unit: Pine Creek
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Pine Creek sandstone
  • Modifications:
    • Areal extent
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Sandstone
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Greb, S.F., Chesnut, D.R., Jr., Davidson, O.B., and Rodriguez, Rene, 1990, An anomalous mass-flow deposit in the Lee Formation (Pennsylvanian), Eastern Kentucky coal field: Southeastern Geology, v. 31, no. 2, p. 79-91.


Summary:

Pine Creek sandstone, an informal unit of the Lee Formation (Greb and Chestnut, 1989), sharply underlies the Poison Honey beds of the Lee Formation, here informally named.

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


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