Usage:
Nicholas Bed of Tanglewood Limestone Member of Lexington Limestone (KY*)
Nicholas Bed of Tanglewood Member of Lexington Limestone (KY*)
Geologic age:
Late Ordovician (Chatfieldian to Cincinnatian; Shermanian to Edenian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: Nicholas Co., KY; typically exposed between Pleasant Valley and Millersburg, KY. Named from Nicholas Co., KY, where it is fully developed southwest of Pleasant Valley (Foerste, 1909). [From GNU records (USGS DDS-6; Reston GNULEX) and US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896)].
AAPG geologic province:
Cincinnati arch*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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