Usage:
No current usage.
(†Earlham Limestone (IA,KS,MO) is same as Bethany Falls Limestone Member of Swope Limestone of Bronson Group. See Bethany Falls.)
Geologic age:
Pennsylvanian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Quarried at Earlham, Madison Co., western IA, hence the name (Bain, 1897).
AAPG geologic province:
Iowa shelf
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