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Oil And Gas Geology Of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, William D. Rose
Oil And Gas Geology Of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, William D. Rose
Bulletin--KGS
This report presents an overall study of the geologic occurrence of oil and gas in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Includes a systematic description of all oil and gas pools within the County, structure and stratigraphy diagrams, and maps.
Pleistocene Formations In Indiana, William J. Wayne
Pleistocene Formations In Indiana, William J. Wayne
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: Faculty Publications
The system of stratigraphic classification used in North America for all sedimentary rock units except nonmarine deposits of the Pleistocene Series established groups, formations, and smaller units based on objectively determined characteristics of the rocks and not on geomorphology or subjective features, such as geologic time. Not all students of the nonmarine Pleistocene have kept these two kinds of units distinct from each other. The Pleistocene sediments of Indiana and the surrounding States are continental in origin rather than marine, and thus they show far less lithologic homogeneity than sediments and rocks of marine origin. Nevertheless, these Pleistocene sediments can …