Usage:
Kokomo Limestone Member of Wabash Formation of Salina Group (IN-northern)
Kokomo Limestone (IN*)
Geologic age:
late Silurian (Ludlow)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: Markland Avenue quarry, in SW/4 sec. 36, T. 24 N., R. 3 E., Kokomo, Howard Co., central IN (Foerste, 1904; Shaver and others, 1986).
Principal reference section (subsurface): Indiana Geological Survey No. 72 drillhole (Shaver, 1970).
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.
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