Usage:
Miami Bend Formation (IN*)
Geologic age:
late Middle Devonian (Givetian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: France Stone Co. quarry, Cass Co., central IN. Named from community of Miami Bend near bend of Wabash River, a little less than 1 mi southeast of France Stone Co. quarry (Cooper and Phelan, 1966).
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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