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Bedford Shale
Stratigraphic range: Late Famennian
Bedford Shale at Brandywine Falls on Brandywine Creek near Boston Heights, Ohio
TypeFormation
Unit ofWaverly Group
UnderliesBerea Sandstone
OverliesCussewago Sandstone, Cleveland Shale, and Ohio Shale
Location
CountryUnited States
Type section
Named forBedford, Ohio, U.S.

The Bedford Shale is a shale geologic formation in the states of Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia in the United States.

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Bedford Shale

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The Bedford Shale is a shale geologic formation in the states of Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia in the United States...

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Cleveland Shale

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(46 m) of Bedford Shale may lie above the Cleveland Shale. In places, red and grey shale may intertongue (interlock) with the Cleveland Shale extensively...

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Berea Sandstone

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from each other. The sandstone overlies the Bedford Shale and the Ohio Shale and underlies the Sunbury Shale. Berea Sandstone is light gray to buff-colored...

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Genesee Formation

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(Group) is a geologic formation in New York. It is equivalent the Harrell Shale in Pennsylvania. It date back to the Upper Devonian period. It is the basal...

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Knox Supergroup

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Facies-defining cycles are divided into grainy carbonate, muddy carbonate, sandstone, shale, and Stromatolitic–Algal mat Boundstones. Stromatolite reefs are a common...

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Chagrin River

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Along its banks and tributaries Berea sandstone, Bedford shale, Cleveland Shale, and Chagrin Shale bedrock, are exposed in layers. The river itself was...

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Cuyahoga Valley National Park

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and the Bedford Shale were deposited in a river delta environment in the Lower Mississippian. River channels were incised into the Bedford Shale and subsequently...

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Marcellus Formation

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The Marcellus Formation or the Marcellus Shale is a Middle Devonian age unit of sedimentary rock found in eastern North America. Named for a distinctive...

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West Falls Group

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is shale. The Rhinestreet Member can be further subdivided into two shale types: a thick, fissile black shale underlies a gray to greenish-gray shale that...

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Rhinestreet Formation

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Rhinestreet Shale is a geologic formation in the Appalachian Basin. It dates back to the Devonian period. The Rhinestreet is an organic or Black Shale found...

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Utica Shale

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The Utica Shale is a stratigraphical unit of Upper Ordovician age in the Appalachian Basin. It underlies much of the northeastern United States and adjacent...

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Chagrin Shale

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Chagrin Shale is a shale geologic formation in the eastern United States that is approximately 365 million years old. The Chagrin Shale is a gray shale that...

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Salina Group

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of the Salina. The Salina Formation is composed chiefly of dolomite and shale, interbedded with anhydrite, gypsum, and salt. Stratigraphically, the Salina...

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Waverly Group

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period. The groups consists of the following formations: Bedford Shale Berea Sandstone Sunbury Shale Cuyahoga Formation Logan Formation Maxville Limestone...

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Trenton Group

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Famennian Bedford Shale Berea Sandstone Cussewago Sandstone Ohio Shale Cleveland Shale Chagrin Shale Huron Shale) Frasnian Burket Shale Olentangy Shale (upper)...

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Monongahela Formation

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Famennian Bedford Shale Berea Sandstone Cussewago Sandstone Ohio Shale Cleveland Shale Chagrin Shale Huron Shale) Frasnian Burket Shale Olentangy Shale (upper)...

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Ludlowville Formation

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Famennian Bedford Shale Berea Sandstone Cussewago Sandstone Ohio Shale Cleveland Shale Chagrin Shale Huron Shale) Frasnian Burket Shale Olentangy Shale (upper)...

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Bertie Formation

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Geologic Map Database. The formation comprises dolomites, limestones and shales and reaches a thickness of 495 feet (151 m) in the subsurface, while in...

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Tully Formation

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are also layers with much higher clay contend resulting in a calcareous shale. To the east the Tully becomes siliciclastic. This is due to sediments being...

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Gildersleeve Mountain

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Gildersleeve Mountain. Bedford shale is a sand shale and is characterized by its roughly 90° cleavage pattern. Pieces of Bedford shale can look as if they...

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Ohio Caverns

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around the graben, leaving this area without its protective layer of Bedford shale and more susceptible to erosion. The sunken graben area then became...

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Burket Shale

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The Burket Shale or Geneseo Shale is the lowest member of the Harrell Shale/Genessee Group. The Burket is an organic-rich black shale that rests just above...

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Onondaga Limestone

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Famennian Bedford Shale Berea Sandstone Cussewago Sandstone Ohio Shale Cleveland Shale Chagrin Shale Huron Shale) Frasnian Burket Shale Olentangy Shale (upper)...

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Antrim Shale

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stratigraphic equivalent of the New Albany Shale in the Illinois Basin. It is overlain by the Bedford Shale, and underlain in some areas by the Jordan...

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Pottsville Formation

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the state in which it occurs: Alton Coal Member, Anthony Shale Member, Bear Run Member, Bedford Clay Bed, Boggs Member, Boyles Sandstone Member, Bremen...

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Needmore Shale

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The Devonian Needmore Formation or Needmore Shale is a mapped bedrock unit in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. The Needmore Formation...

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