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Geologic Unit: Kenwood

Usage:

Kenwood Siltstone Member of Borden Formation (KY*,IN*)
Kenwood Member of New Providence Shale (IN)


Geologic age:

Mississippian, Early*
Osagean*


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Kenwood Hill, located 7 mi south of the Ohio River in Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY (Butts, 1915).


AAPG geologic province:

Cincinnati arch*


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.

"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).

Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).