Usage:
Bethlehem sandstone lentil (informal) of Tradewater Formation (IL)
Informal. The rank or lithologic term should not be capitalized.
Geologic age:
Middle Pennsylvanian (Atokan)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Not designated. Named from Bethlehem Church, 0.25 mi west of center sec. 8, T. 11 S., R. 3 E., Goreville quadrangle, Johnson Co., IL (Jacobson, 1992).
AAPG geologic province:
Illinois basin
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Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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