Usage:
Yellow Creek Sandstone Member of Grundy Formation of Breathitt Group (KY)
Yellow Creek Sandstone Member of Breathitt Formation (KY*)
Notable exposures in Upper Cumberland River district.
Geologic age:
late Early Pennsylvanian (Bashkirian; Westphalian A; late Morrowan)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from Yellow Creek, Bell Co., southeastern KY (US geologic names lexicons, USGS Bull. 896, 1200).
AAPG geologic province:
Appalachian basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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