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University of Kentucky UKnowledge Kentucky Geological Survey Map and Chart Kentucky Geological Survey 2017 Kentucky Stratigraphy with Stage Correlations Stephen F. Greb University of Kentucky, [email protected] Right click to open a feedback form in a new tab to let us know how this document benefits oy u. Follow this and additional works at: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/kgs_mc Part of the Geology Commons Repository Citation Greb, Stephen F., "Kentucky Stratigraphy with Stage Correlations" (2017). Kentucky Geological Survey Map and Chart. 209. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/kgs_mc/209 This Map and Chart is brought to you for free and open access by the Kentucky Geological Survey at UKnowledge. It has been accepted for inclusion in Kentucky Geological Survey Map and Chart by an authorized administrator of UKnowledge. For more information, please contact [email protected]. KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP AND CHART 210 William C. Haneberg, State Geologist and Director Series XII, 2017 UNIVERSITY of KENTUCKY, Lexington Kentucky Stratigraphy https://doi.org/10.13023/kgs.mc210.12 With Stage Correlations Compiled by Stephen F. Greb n North American Million Million Western Kentucky Western Kentucky Central Kentucky Eastern Kentucky s Western ca Western Kentucky Central Kentucky Eastern Kentucky es Western Kentucky es International European years International years Stage (Mississippi Embayment) (Illinois Basin) (Cincinnati Arch) (Appalachian Basin) European (Mississippi Embayment) Era Era age (Illinois Basin) (Cincinnati Arch) (Appalachian Basin) Stage North North Stage Stage (and regional ago Stage Sub- ago Seri Glacial st Seri System (Epoch) System Rock Units Stage (Epoch) substages) Rock Units Rock Units Rock Units Ameri Rock Units Rock Units Rock Units Rock Units Holocene 0 e Late Upper (Tarantian) 0 Quarter- See Holocene-Pleistocene detail (larger scale) See Holocene-Pleistocene detail (larger scale) Tyrrhenian Rancho- Peoria loess nary Pleistocene ? en labrean Big Bone Lick fossils Most of Kentucky’s c Holo- Roxana silt Loveland loess Piacenzian Piacenzian 2.6 Middle sinan (mostly less than floodplain sediments Wiscon- noian “Metropolis Fm.” Ohio River Pliocene Blancan lli (alluvium) are less than ? 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