- Usage in publication:
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- Raben Branch bed
- Modifications:
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- Original reference
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Illinois basin
Summary:
Pg. 132, 133 (fig. 2) [1948]. Rabens Branch bed of Parkers formation. Fossiliferous clay band or ferrous carbonate band about 1 inch thick that overlies a thin coal bed near base of formation; horizon is about 20 feet below the Parkers coal and its black sheety shale. [Age is Late Pennsylvanian.]
Named from exposure on Rabens Branch, a small stream crossing the north-south road about 0.25 mi south of center of sec. 11, T. 5 S., R. 12 W., 1.5 mi southwest of St. Wendells, Posey Co., IL.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 1200, p. 3185).
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