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Geologic units in Ripley county, Indiana

Dillsboro Formation (Ordovician) at surface, covers 13 % of this area
Dillsboro Formation - Skeletal limestone and calcareous shale
Lithology: limestone; shale
Muscatatuck Group (Devonian) at surface, covers 0.3 % of this area
Muscatatuck Group - Limestone and dolomite
Lithology: limestone; dolostone (dolomite)
Whitewater Formation (Ordovician) at surface, covers 42 % of this area
Whitewater Formation - Skeletal limestone and calcareous shale; dolomitic mudstone (S, Saluda Member) at base
Lithology: limestone; shale; mudstone
Louisville Limestone through Brassfield Limestone (Silurian) at surface, covers 45 % of this area
Louisville Limestone through Brassfield Limestone - Sexton Creek Limestone at base in Kentland area and on cross-section
Lithology: limestone

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