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Geologic Units: Roche de Boeuf
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Roche de Boeuf Member
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Dolomite
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Cincinnati arch
Publication:

Kahle, C.F., and Floyd, J.C., 1971, Stratigraphic and environmental significance of sedimentary structures in Cayugan (Silurian) tidal flat carbonates, northwestern Ohio: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 82, no. 8, p. 2071-2098.


Summary:

Roche de Boeuf Member of Tymochtee Formation named in Waterville quarry, Wood Co., northwestern OH. Consists of 9 m of gray medium-bedded dolomite. Overlies Maumee River Member (new) of Tymochtee Formation and underlies Put-in-Bay Formation. Age is Late Silurian.

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


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