Report of Investigations--KGS
Abstract
Schoenophyllum aggregatum, a Mississippian colonial rugose coral, has a widespread geographic distribution and narrow stratigraphic range in the upper Ste. Genevieve Limestone of western Kentucky. This coral zone serves as a useful stratigraphic marker for commercial and geologic investigations of the extensive limestone deposits formed by the Ste. Genevieve and enclosing limestone units in the region. S. aggregatum is also present in rocks correlative with the Ste, Genevieve that occur in the Monteagle Limestone Slade Formation of south-central Kentucky and the Newman Limestone of southeastern Kentucky.
Publication Date
2015
Series
Series XII
Report Number
Report of Investigations 30
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.13023/kgs.ri30.12
Repository Citation
Dever, Garland R. Jr. and McGrain, Preston, "Schoenophyllum aggregatum Zone: Stratigraphic Marker for Investigations of Mississippian Limestones in Western Kentucky" (2015). Report of Investigations--KGS. 32.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/kgs_ri/32
