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OHIO See also:

PERMIAN

Permian. Dunkard formation . . . Pennsylvanian. See also:

MONONGAHELA

Monongahela formation .. Conemaugh formation . . See also:

ALLEGHANY, or THE ALLEGHANIES (a spelling now more common than Allegheny)

Alleghany formation . . . See also:

POTTSVILLE

Pottsville See also:

CONGLOMERATE (from the Lat. conglomerare, to form into a ball, glomus, glomeris; so also the general term " conglomeration " for a miscellaneous collection of things, gathered together in a mass)

conglomerate .. Unconformity. Mississippian. Maxville See also:

LIMESTONE

. . Waverley See also:

SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series See also:

Logan See also:

GROUP

group . . . . See also:

Black See also:

Hand conglomerate . Cuyahoga shale . . . . See also:

SUNBURY

Sunbury shale . . . . See also:

BEREA

Berea grit . . . . See also:

BEDFORD

Bedford shale . . .

. Devonian. Ohio shale . . . . Olentangy shale . . . . See also:

DELAWARE

Delaware limestone . . . See also:

Columbus limestone . . . See also:

SILURIAN

Silurian. See also:

Monroe formation . . .

See also:

Niagara group . . . . See also:

Clinton limestone . . See also:

Medina shales (?) . . . (See also:

BELFAST

Belfast See also:

bed.) See also:

Conway schist See also:

Amherst schist }5000 Brinfield fibrolite-schist See also:

GOSHEN

Goshen schist 2000 Unconformity. Ordovician. See also:

Hawley schist 2000 ft. (?) Devonian. Bernardston series .. Unconformity. Silurian.

See also:

LEYDEN, JOHN (1775-1811)

Leyden argillite 300 ft. 1950 ft. (?) „ (?) ?) (?) (?) See also:

CANAAN, CANAANITES

Canaan formation Greenbrier limestone Pocono See also:

SANDSTONE

sandstone Devonian. See also:

HAMPSHIRE (or COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON, abbreviated HANTS)

Hampshire formation Jennings formation See also:

Romney shale Unconformity. See also:

MONTEREY

Monterey sandstone Silurian. See also:

LEWISTON

Lewiston limestone Rockwood formation Cacapon sandstone See also:

TUSCARORA

Tuscarora See also:

QUARTZITE

quartzite Juniata formation Ordovician. Martinsburg shale See also:

MIDDLE

Middle and Upper See also:

CAMBRIAN

Cambrian. Pugh formation See also:

Pickens sandstone Unconformity. Mississippian. Braxton formation Upshur sandstone . . 700 ft. . .

300– 500 „ . . 300–450 ,, . . 400–5O0 „ . . See also:

I000

I000–1300 ft. . . 350– 400 „ . . 70– 90 „ . . 1500–1800 ft. 3000–3800 „ . . 1000–1300 „ . . go– 200 ft. . .

550–1050 ft. . . See also:

LOO (formerly called " Lanterloo," Fr. lanturlu, the refrain of a popular 17th-century song)

Loo– 800 „ . . 100– 63o „ . . 30– 300 . . 205–1250 . . 800–1800 ft. . . . . C. 25 ft. . .

. . 200– 250 ft. . . . . 400– 500 „ . . . . 165– 300 . . . . 250 „ . . C. 25 ft. . .

. . Pao– 150 ft. . . . .. 50— 500 „ . . . . 150– 300 „ . . . . 5– 30 ,, . . . . 5– 195 „ . . .

. 50– 150 „ . . . . 300–2600 ft. . . . . .20– 35 . . . . 30– 40 „ . . . . See also:

ITO, HIROBUMI, PRINCE (1841-1909)

Ito ,, . . . . 50– 600 ft.

. . . . 150– 350 „ . . . 10– 50 „ . . . . 50– 150 „ Ordovician. Saluda beds 2o= ft. See also:

Richmond formation 300 * „ See also:

LORRAINE

Lorraine formation 300* „ See also:

Eden (See also:

UTICA

Utica) shale 250 Trenton limestone 130 See also:

IOWA

IOWA Glacial See also:

DRIFT (from "drive ")

drift. Unconformity. Upper Cretaceous. See also:

BENTON, THOMAS HART (1782-1858)

Benton formation o- 150 ft.

Dakota formation 50- too „ Unconformity. Pennsylvanian. See also:

MISSOURI

Missouri formation 1500 it. See also:

DES

Des Moines formation 250- 400 „ Unconformity. Mississippian. St See also:

Louis limestone too ft. Osage (See also:

AUGUSTA

Augusta) formation 200- 300 „ Kinderhook formation 150- 200 „ Devonian. See also:

Lime See also:

Creek formation See also:

State See also:

QUARRY

Quarry beds 20- Sweetland Creek shales 20-Unconformity. See also:

CEDAR (Lat. cedrus, Gr. iapos)

Cedar Valley limestone 250- 300 ft. Wapsipinicon formation (See also:

Independence, Fayette, See also:

Davenport) too- 15o „ Silurian. Anamosa limestone 50- 75 ft. Le Claire limestone 5o „ Delaware See also:

STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage 200 „ Unconformity.

Ordovician. Maquoketa shales 175 ft. Possible Unconformity. See also:

GALENA

Galena-Trenton limestone 290 ft. St See also:

Peters sandstone too „ Oneota formation (includes Shakopee, New Richmond and Oneota proper) 300 „ Cambrian. St Croix sandstone (= See also:

POTSDAM

Potsdam) . Unconformity. Proterozoic. See also:

SIOUX

Sioux quartzite. . . . (?) This See also:

section is fairly representative for much of the central See also:

MISSISSIPPI

Mississippi See also:

Basin. See also:

OKLAHOMA (a Choctaw Indian word meaning " red people ")

OKLAHOMA Pennsylvanian.

(See also:

SUMMIT

Summit removed by erosion.) See also:

Seminole conglomerate 5o ft. Holdenville shale 26o „ Wewaka formation 700 „ Wetumka shale 120 „ See also:

CALVIN, JOHN (1509-1564)

Calvin sandstone 145- 240 „ Senora formation 140- 485 „ See also:

Stuart shale 90- 280 „ See also:

THURMAN, ALLEN GRANBERY (1813-1895)

Thurman sandstone 8o- 26o „ Boggy shale 2000-2600 „ See also:

SAVANNAH

Savannah sandstone 750-1100 „ See also:

MCALESTER

McAlester shale 1150-1500 „ Hartshorne sandstone 150- 200 „ Atoka formation (Chickahoc chert See also:

LENTIL

lentil) . 3200 „ Wapanucka limestone too- 15o „ Mississippian. Caney shale 1500 ft. Devonian. See also:

WOODFORD

Woodford chert 600 ft. Silurian. Hunton limestone 16o ft. Sylvan shale (upper See also:

PART

part) 50- too „ Ordovician. Sylvan shale (See also:

LOWER

lower part) 250 ft. See also:

VIOLA [Fr. viole, Ger. Bratsche, Ital. viola, alto]

Viola limestone 750 ,, See also:

Simpson series 1600 „ Arbuckle limestone 4000--6000 „ Cambrian. Regan sandstone -- 50- Too ft.

Unconformity. Pre-Cambrian. Tishomingo See also:

GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite . . . (?) Composite section. The upper part is taken from vicinty of Coalgate, the lower part from the vicinity of Atoka.

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