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Borden Formation
Stratigraphic range: Mississippian
Turbidites of Farmers Member of Borden Formation at mile marker 135, Interstate 64, Kentucky
TypeSedimentary
Sub-unitsKentucky:
  • New Providence Shale
  • Kenwood Siltstone
  • Nancy Holtsclaw Siltstone
  • Muldraugh,[1]
  • Farmers,[2][3]
  • Nada
  • Cowbell
  • Renfro[4]

Indiana:

  • Edwardsville Formation
  • New Providence Shale
  • Spickert Knob Formation
ThicknessKentucky: 0–200 m (0–656 ft)[5]
Lithology
PrimaryShale, siltstone, sandstone
OtherLimestone
Location
RegionKentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, West Virginia, Tennessee
CountryBorden Formation United States
ExtentCincinnati Arch, Appalachian Basin, Illinois Basin
Type section
Named forBorden, Clark County, Indiana
Named byCummings
Year defined1922[6]

The Mississippian Borden Formation is a mapped bedrock unit in Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, West Virginia,[7] and Tennessee. It has many members, which has led some geologists to consider it a group (for example in Indiana[8]) rather than a formation (for example in Kentucky[1][4]).

  1. ^ a b Kepferle, R.C., 1971, Members of the Borden Formation (Mississippian) in north-central Kentucky, IN Contributions to stratigraphy, 1971: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 1354-B, p. B1–B18.
  2. ^ Peck, J.H., 1969, Geologic map of the Flemingsburg quadrangle, Fleming and Mason Counties, Kentucky: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map, GQ-837, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000
  3. ^ Weir, G.W., 1976, Geologic map of the Means quadrangle, east-central Kentucky: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map, GQ-1324, 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000
  4. ^ a b Weir, G.W., Gualtieri, J.L., and Schlanger, S.O., 1966, Borden Formation (Mississippian) in south- and southeast-central Kentucky, IN Contributions to stratigraphy, 1965: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 1224-F, p. F1–F38. [1]
  5. ^ Chesnut, D.R., Jr., 1992, Stratigraphic and structural framework of the Carboniferous rocks of the central Appalachian basin in Kentucky: Kentucky Geological Survey Bulletin, 11th series, no. 3, 42 p.
  6. ^ Cumings, E.R., 1922, Nomenclature and description of the geological formations of Indiana, IN Logan, W.N., and others, Handbook of Indiana Geology: Indiana Division of Geology Publication, no. 21, p. 403–570
  7. ^ Matchen, D.L., and Kammer, T.W., 1994, Sequence stratigraphy of the Lower Mississippian Price and Borden Formations in southern West Virginia and eastern Kentucky: Southeastern Geology, v. 34, no. 1, p. 25–41.
  8. ^ Shaver, R.H., Burger, A.M., Gates, G.R., Gray, H.H., and others, 1970, Compendium of rock-unit stratigraphy in Indiana: Indiana Geological Survey Bulletin, no. 43, 229 p.

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