Usage:
Noland Formation of Crab Orchard Group (KY,OH)
Noland Formation (OH)
Subunits:
(alphabetical) --all in KY,OH: Dayton Limestone Member, Lulbegrud Shale Member, Oldham Limestone Member, Plum Creek Clay Member, Waco Member.
Geologic age:
early Silurian (Llandovery)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: along private road and on hillslope in The Bend (of Kentucky River) about 1.6 miles northwestward from College Hill, and north of Waco, 11-P-65, Madison Co., KY. Named from Noland Creek, a tributary of Kentucky River opposite type section (Rexroad and others, 1965).
AAPG geologic province:
Cincinnati arch
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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