The Mississippian Borden Formation is a mapped bedrock unit in Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, West Virginia,[7] and Tennessee. It has many members, which has led some geologists to consider it a group (for example in Indiana[8]) rather than a formation (for example in Kentucky[1][4]).
Borden Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Mississippian | |
Type | Sedimentary |
Sub-units | Kentucky:
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Thickness | Kentucky: 0–200 m (0–656 ft)[5] |
Lithology | |
Primary | Shale, siltstone, sandstone |
Other | Limestone |
Location | |
Region | Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, West Virginia, Tennessee |
Country | United States |
Extent | Cincinnati Arch, Appalachian Basin, Illinois Basin |
Type section | |
Named for | Borden, Clark County, Indiana |
Named by | Cummings |
Year defined | 1922[6] |
There are three members of the Borden Group in Indiana.
The Edwardsville Formation is a geological structure in the Borden Group, of the Lower Mississippian sub system,[9] (Osagean, late Tournaisian). Crinoids fossils can be found in the formation.[10]
The New Providence Shale is a geologic formation in Indiana.
The Spickert Knob Formation is a geologic formation in Indiana
A rare soft-bodied fossil that was recovered from the Farmers Member of the Borden Formation in northeastern Kentucky was interpreted as a chondrophorine float (an internal anatomical feature).[15]
Zoophycos is present in the turbidites of the Farmers Member of the Borden Formation in Kentucky.