Usage:
Ramey Creek Member of Slade Formation (KY*)
Geologic age:
Mississippian, Late*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: Roadcut at the intersection of KY Highways 1274 and 801, Bangor quadrangle, Rowan Co., KY. Named from Ramey Creek, west of the type section (Ettensohn and others, 1984).
AAPG geologic province:
Cincinnati arch*
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Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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