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New Albany, Chattanooga, and Ohio Shales, Boyle Dolomite (Limestone), and Sellersburg Limestone, undivided

New Albany, Chattanooga, and Ohio Shales, Boyle Dolomite (Limestone), and Sellersburg Limestone, undivided
StateKentucky
NameNew Albany, Chattanooga, and Ohio Shales, Boyle Dolomite (Limestone), and Sellersburg Limestone, undivided
Geologic ageDevonian to Mississippian
Original map labelMDnb
Primary rock typeblack shale
Secondary rock typedolostone (dolomite)
Other rock typeslimestone
Lithologic constituents
Major
Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale > Black-shale (Bed)lithologies and lithology percentages estimated from stratigraphic column on paper source map; collectively the unit appear to be about 85% carbonaceous shale (black shale), 10% dolostone (dolomite), and 5% limestone
Minor
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Dolostone (Bed)lithologies and lithology percentages estimated from stratigraphic column on paper source map; collectively the unit appear to be about 85% carbonaceous shale (black shale), 10% dolostone (dolomite), and 5% limestone
Incidental
Sedimentary > Carbonate > Limestone (Bed)lithologies and lithology percentages estimated from stratigraphic column on paper source map; collectively the unit appear to be about 85% carbonaceous shale (black shale), 10% dolostone (dolomite), and 5% limestone
Map references
Noger, M.C., compiler, 1988, Geologic map of Kentucky: sesquicenntennial edition of the Kentucky Geological Survey: U.S. Geological Survey and the Kentucky Geological Survey, scale 1:500,000.
Unit references
Noger, M.C., compiler, 1988, Geologic map of Kentucky: sesquicenntennial edition of the Kentucky Geological Survey: U.S. Geological Survey and the Kentucky Geological Survey, scale 1:500,000.
Geographic coverageAdair - Allen - Barren - Bath - Boyle - Bullitt - Casey - Clark - Clinton - Cumberland - Estill - Fleming - Garrard - Hardin - Jackson - Jefferson - Larue - Lewis - Lincoln - Madison - Marion - Metcalfe - Monroe - Montgomery - Nelson - Powell - Pulaski - Rowan - Russell - Taylor - Washington

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