Berea Sandstone through Venango Formation, undivided (PADbv;8)

Berea Sandstone through Venango Formation, undivided

Greenish-yellow and gray sandstone, siltstone, and shale succession, becoming more shaly and more gray downward; bottom of interval is bottom of Panama Conglomerate; Venango not mapped separately because upper key bed (Woodcock Sandstone) is missing. Includes, in descending order: Berea Sandstone, Bedford Shale, Cussewago Sandstone, Riceville Shale, and Venango Formation equivalent; contains marine fossils.

State	Pennsylvania
Name	Berea Sandstone through Venango Formation, undivided
Geologic age	Devonian
Lithologic constituents	Major Sedimentary > Clastic > Mudstone > Shale (Bed)becoming more shaly and more gray downward; Includes, in descending order: Bedford Shale, Riceville Shale, and Venango Formation equivalent; contains marine fossils. Minor Sedimentary > Clastic > Sandstone (Bed)greenish-yellow and gray sandstone; Venango not mapped separately because upper key bed (Woodcock Sandstone) is missing. Includes, in descending order: Berea Sandstone, Cussewago Sandstone, and Venango Formation equivalent; contains marine fossils. Sedimentary > Clastic > Siltstone (Bed) Incidental Sedimentary > Clastic > Conglomerate (Bed)bottom of interval is bottom of Panama Conglomerate
Comments	Digital map differences from 1980 printed map: age changed from Mississippian and Devonian to Devonian; map symbol changed from MDbv to Dbv.
References	Berg, T.M., Edmunds, W.E., Geyer, A.R., and others, compilers, 1980, Geologic map of Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 4th ser., Map 1, 2nd ed., 3 sheets, scale 1:250,000. Pennsylvania Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Miles, C.E., and Whitfield, T.G., compilers, 2001, Bedrock Geology of Pennsylvania, edition: 1.0, digital map, scale 1:250,000.
NGMDB product	NGMDB product page for 34341
Counties	Crawford - Erie - Mercer

Berea Sandstone through Venango Formation, undivided

Berg, T.M., Edmunds, W.E., Geyer, A.R., and others, compilers, 1980, Geologic map of Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 4th ser., Map 1, 2nd ed., 3 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

Pennsylvania Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Miles, C.E., and Whitfield, T.G., compilers, 2001, Bedrock Geology of Pennsylvania, edition: 1.0, digital map, scale 1:250,000.