Usage:
Ross Limestone Member of Olive Hill Formation (TN*)
/Ross limestone member [informal] of Ross Formation (TN)
[An identical geographic name may not be applied to a stratigraphic unit and its parts (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021).]
Geologic age:
Early Devonian
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from exposures on Ross Farm, near Sulphur Spring, Hardin Co., western TN (Foerste, 1903).
AAPG geologic province:
Cincinnati arch
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).