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Geologic Unit: Shoenberger
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  • Usage in publication:
    • Shoenberger Member
  • Modifications:
    • Named
  • Dominant lithology:
    • Dolomite
  • AAPG geologic province:
    • Appalachian basin
Publication:

Spelman, A.R., 1966, Stratigraphy of Lower Ordovician Nittany Dolomite in central Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Geological Survey General Geology Report, 4th series, no. 47, 187 p.


Summary:

Named the Shoenberger Member of the Nittany Dolomite in central PA as the middle member of the formation. Consists of medium-coarsely crystalline, mottled and laminated dolomite. Unit is distinguished from underlying Forge Union Member and overlying Etna Furnace Member by the absence of sand- and silt-size quartz grains in the Shoenberger. Thickness is 500 feet at Bellefonte. The Shoenberger is of Early Ordovician age.

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


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