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Geological formation in Kentucky, USA
Breathitt Formation
Stratigraphic range: Early to Middle Pennsylvanian
TypeSedimentary
Location
RegionKentucky (extending into northern Tennessee and southwestern West Virginia)
CountryUnited States
Type section
Named forBreathitt County, Kentucky
Named byMarius R. Campbell (1898)

The Breathitt Formation is a geologic formation in Kentucky which preserves fossils dating back to the Pennsylvanian period.

Ironstone from the Breathitt Formation along Interstate 64 in Kentucky

See also

References

  1. Campbell, M. R., 1898, Description of the Richmond quadrangle (Kentucky): U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Atlas, Folio 46, 4 p.
  2. Chesnut, D.R., Jr., 1992, Stratigraphic and structural framework of the Carboniferous rocks of the central Appalachian basin in Kentucky: Kentucky Geological Survey Bulletin, 11th series, no. 3, 42 p.



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