Bronston and Burnside Members: Subdivision of the St. Louis Limestone in South-Central Kentucky

Authors

Garland R. Dever Jr., University of Kentucky
Jack R. Moody, Kentucky Division of Water, Kentucky Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet

Abstract

The St. Louis Limestone (Mississippian) of south-central Kentucky consists of two major lithologic units that herein are named, in ascending order, the Bronston Member and Burnside Member. Two other lithologic units occurring in the St. Louis Limestone and in correlative rocks of the Slade Formation (Mississippian), which extends from south-central into northeastern Kentucky, herein are named the Ringgold Bed and Big Sinking Bed.

The principal part of the St. Louis Member of the Slade Formation, which consists of Burnside lithologies, herein is renamed the Burnside Member of the Slade. This renaming addresses the problem associated with the previous use of the name "St. Louis" for both a formation and a member that is only partly correlative with the formation.

Publication Date

2002

Series

Series XII

Report Number

Report of Investigations 9

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.13023/kgs.ri09.12

Notes

© 2002 University of Kentucky

Repository Citation

Dever, Garland R. Jr. and Moody, Jack R., "Bronston and Burnside Members: Subdivision of the St. Louis Limestone in South-Central Kentucky" (2002). Report of Investigations--KGS. 12.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/kgs_ri/12