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Geologic Unit: Red Bridge

Usage:

Red Bridge Limestone Bed of Liston Creek Member of Wabash Formation of Salina Group (IN-recognized locally in Wabash Co.)


Geologic age:

late Silurian (Ludlow)


Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:

Along Mississinewa River at village of Red Bridge, Wabash Co., northeastern IN (Cumings and Shrock, 1927).


AAPG geologic province:

Cincinnati arch


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