Jeffersonville Limestone
Bedrock unit in Indiana and Kentucky, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Devonian Jeffersonville Limestone is a mapped bedrock unit in Indiana and Kentucky. It is highly fossiliferous. The Vernon Fork Member contains Volcanic ash associated with the Tioga Bentonites.
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Jeffersonville Limestone | |
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Stratigraphic range: Devonian | |
Type | sedimentary |
Unit of | Muscatatuck Group |
Sub-units | Dutch Creek Sandstone Member, Geneva Dolomite Member, Vernon Fork Member[1] |
Underlies | North Vernon Formation and Sellersburg Limestone |
Overlies | Clear Creek Chert and Louisville Limestone |
Thickness | 20 feet (6.1 m) at Louisville, KY,[2] 0 to 200 feet (0 to 61 m) in southwest Indiana[1] |
Lithology | |
Primary | limestone |
Location | |
Region | Cincinnati Arch |
Country | United States |
Extent | Indiana, Kentucky |
Type section | |
Named for | Jeffersonville, Indiana |
Named by | Edward M. Kindle, 1899[3] |
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