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Paoli Formation
Stratigraphic range: Mississippian
Carter Cave Flint (Kentucky), attributed to the Paoli Limestone
Type	Formation
Unit of	Blue River Group, St. Louis Group
Sub-units	Downeys Bluff Member Yankeetown Member Renault Member Aux Vases Member
Underlies	Bethel Formation
Overlies	Ste. Genevieve Limestone
Location
Region	Indiana Illinois Kentucky Missouri
Country	United States

The Paoli Formation, Paoli Limestone, or Paoli Chert is a geologic formation in Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Missouri. This formation contains members that are known hydrocarbon reservoirs.

Stratigraphy

Downeys Bluff Member

The Downeys Bluff Member is the uppermost or top member. It is grey, light to medium in hue. The limestone is fairly clean, with small amounts of clay and shale. It contains a variety of textures, the most noted are micritic, oolitic and skeletal.

Popcorn Sandstone Member

Popcorn Sandstone Member or Popcorn Sandstone Bed is the lowest member of the Paoli and marks the base of the Chesterian Series. It is not found throughout the entire Paoli. The Popcorn is sometimes included with the Aux Vases Member in other areas it is its own separate member.

References

Zuppann, Charles W.; Parke, Mary A.; Droste, John B. (2009). Complex Lithofacies Relationships between the Ste. Genevieve and Paoli Limestones: Clarifying Reservoir Relationships in the Indiana Subsurface (Thesis). Retrieved 13 February 2024.
"Downeys Bluff Member". legacy.igws.indiana.edu. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
"Popcorn Member". legacy.igws.indiana.edu. Retrieved 2024-02-15.

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Chronostratigraphy of Indiana

McLeansboro Group: Bond Formation, Mattoon Formation, Patoka Formation

McLeansboro Group: Shelburn Formation

Carbondale Group: Dugger Formation, Petersburg Formation, Linton Formation
Raccoon Creek Group: Staunton Formation

Raccoon Creek Group: Brazil Formation, Mansfield Formation

New Albany Shale

Famennian	New Albany Shale

Bailey Limestone

Brassfield Limestone

Cataract Formation

Louisville Limestone

Moccasin Springs Formation

Pleasant Mills Formation

Salamonie Dolomite

Sexton Creek Limestone

St. Clair Limestone

Wabash Formation

Middle Run Formation

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Chronostratigraphy of Illinois

Holocene	Glacial alluvium, drift, and loess
Pleistocene	Embayment Megagroup Mounds Gravel Grover Gravel

Pliocene	Embayment Megagroup Mounds Gravel Grover Gravel

Eocene	Embayment Megagroup Wilcox Formation Claiborne Formation
Paleocene	Embayment Megagroup Porters Creek Formation Clayton Formation

Maastrichtian	Embayment Megagroup Owl Creek Formation McNairy Formation Baylis Formation
Campanian	Embayment Megagroup Post Creek Formation Baylis Formation

Kasimovian	McLeansboro Group Bond Formation Mattoon Formation Patoka Formation Shelburn Formation
Moscovian	Carbondale Group
Bashkirian	Raccoon Creek Group Brazil Formation Caseyville Formation Mansfield Formation Tradewater Formation Staunton Formation

Serpukhovian	Pope Mega Group Grove Church Kinkaid Limestone Dagonia Sandstone Clore Formation Palestine Sandstone Menard Limestone Waltersburg Formation Vianna Formation Tar Springs Sandstone
Viséan	Pope Mega Group Glen Dean Limestone Hardinsburg Sandstone Haney Limestone Fraileys Formation Beech Creek Limestone Cypress Sandstone Ridenhower Formation Bethel Sandstone Downeys Bluff Limestone Yankeetown Limestone Renault Limestone Aux Vases Sandstone Ste. Genevieve Limestone Golconda Formation Paint Creek Formation Paoli Formation
Tournaisian	Borden Siltstone Chouteau Limestone Fern Glen Formation Meppen Limestone New Albany Formation Springville Shale
Borden Siltstone Burlington Limestone Fort Payne Formation Keokuk Limestone Salem Limestone St. Louis Limestone Ullin Limestone Warsaw Formation

Famennian	New Albany Shale
Frasnian	New Albany Shale

Muscatatuck Group

North Vernon Limestone

Jeffersonville Limestone

New Harmony Group

Clear Creek Chert

Clear Creek Formation

New Harmony Group

Backbone Limestone

Hunton Megagroup

Backbone Limestone

Grassy Knob Chert

Bailey Limestone

Ludfordian	Hunton Megagroup Moccasin Springs Formation Racine Dolomite
Gorstian	Hunton Megagroup Moccasin Springs Formation Racine Dolomite

Sugar Run Dolomite

Hunton Megagroup

Marcus Dolomite

Hunton Megagroup

Sexton Creek Limestone

Marcus Dolomite

Hunton Megagroup

Sexton Creek Limestone

Blanding Dolomite

Hunton Megagroup

Kankakee Dolomite

Hirnantian	Leemon Formation
Sandbian	St. Peter Sandstone

Darriwilian	Dutchtown Limestone St. Peter Sandstone

Tremadocian	New Richmond Sandstone Oneota Dolomite Shakopee Dolomite

Bonneterre Formation

Munising Group

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Chronostratigraphy of Kentucky

Viséan	Paoli Formation

Upper	New Albany Shale Ohio Shale Chattanooga Shale
Middle	Sellersburg Limestone Jeffersonville Limestone Boyle Formation
Lower	Clear Creek Formation Back Bone Formation Grassy Knob Formation Flat Gap Formation Onondaga Limestone Oriskany Formation Helderburg Group

Ludfordian	Louisville Limestone
Gorstian	Louisville Limestone

Homerian	Laurel Formation Louisville Limestone Waldron Shale
Sheinwoodian	Bisher Formation Laurel Formation Osgood Formation

Telychian	Alger Shale Brassfield Formation Crab Orchard Formation Drowning Creek Formation Noland Formation Osgood Formation
Aeronian	Brassfield Formation Crab Orchard Formation Drowning Creek Formation Noland Formation
Rhuddanian	Brassfield Formation Drowning Creek Formation

Katian	Kope Formation Lexington Limestone
Sandbian	Lexington Limestone Tyrone Formation

Maquoketa Shale

Darriwilian	St. Peter Sandstone Wells Creek Formation

Tremadocian	Gunter Sandstone

Paibian	Eau Claire Formation Mt. Simon Sandstone

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