Usage:
Kendrick Shale Member of Hyden Formation of Breathitt Group (KY)
Kendrick Shale Member of Breathitt Formation (KY*)
Kendrick Shale Member of Wise Formation (VA*)
Geologic age:
Middle Pennsylvanian (Moscovian; Westphalian B; early Atokan)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: on Cow Creek, about 15 mi east of Paintsville, Floyd Co., southeasstern KY (Morse, 1931).
Type fossiliferous outcrop 150 yds above Dr. Kendrick's homestead, on headwaters of Cow Creek, Floyd Co., southeasstern KY (Jillson, 1919, 1920).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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