Usage:
Molus shale member (informal) of Grundy Formation of Breathitt Group (KY)
Notable exposures in Big Sandy and Upper Cumberland River districts.
Geologic age:
late Early Pennsylvanian (Bashkirian; Westphalian A; late Morrowan)
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
[Notable exposures in Big Sandy district, eastern KY, and Upper Cumberland River district, southeastern KY. Type locality not designated. Origin of name not stated by author (Chesnut, 1991).]
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin
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