Usage:
Selmier Member of New Albany Shale (IN*,KY)
Selmier Shale Member of New Albany Shale of Knobs Group (IL-southern part)
Geologic age:
Late Devonian (Frasnian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: south wall of Berry Materials Co. quarry on north edge of North Vernon, in NE/4 NW/4 sec. 34, T. 7 N., R. 8 E., [southwestern corner Butlerville 7.5-min quadrangle], Jennings Co., southeastern IN. Named from Selmier State Forest, 1 mi northeast of type section (Lineback, 1968).
AAPG geologic province:
Cincinnati arch*
Illinois basin*
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 ([ ]).