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Surficial Geologic Map Of The Rising Sun 7.5-Minute Quadrangle, Kentucky, Steven L. Martin, Antonia E. Bottoms, Maxwell L. Hammond Iii
Surficial Geologic Map Of The Rising Sun 7.5-Minute Quadrangle, Kentucky, Steven L. Martin, Antonia E. Bottoms, Maxwell L. Hammond Iii
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The Rising Sun 7.5-minute quadrangle is located in northern Kentucky in the Outer Bluegrass physiographic province (McFarlan, 1943). The area is underlain by Upper Ordovician limestone and shale, and is characterized by low- to medium-relief topography. The oldest rock unit in the quadrangle is the Point Pleasant Formation, which consists of interbedded limestone and shale, and is exposed at the base of the bedrock uplands area south of Lower East Bend Bottom. The shale-dominated Kope Formation overlying the Point Pleasant Formation is exposed in most stream channels and underlies the valleys and hillslopes in the quadrangle. The Kope Formation is …