Historical:Curlew Limestone Member
Lithostratigraphy: Kewanee Group >>Spoon Formation >>Curlew Limestone Member
Chronostratigraphy: Paleozoic Erathem >>Pennsylvanian Subsystem >>Desmoinesian Series
Allostratigraphy: Absaroka Sequence
Authors
M. E. Hopkins and J. A. Simon
Name Origin
The Curlew Limestone Member of the Spoon Formation (Owen, 1856, No. 1 vertical section) is named for Curlew, Union County, Kentucky.
Type Section
The type locality is an exposure on Indian Hill, Curlew, Kentucky (Glenn, 1912, p. 24).
Correlation
The Curlew is correlated with the Seville Limestone.
Extent and Thickness
It is widespread, though sporadic, in southern Illinois and western Kentucky, and is seldom more than 4 feet thick.
Description
The Curlew is a gray, fine-grained, locally cherty limestone.
Fossils
It contains an abundant open-marine fauna.
References
GLENN, L. C., 1912, A geological reconnaissance of the Tradewater River region, with special reference to the coal beds: Kentucky Geological Survey Bulletin 17, 75 p.
OWEN, D. D., 1856, Report of the geological survey in Kentucky made during the years 1854 and 1855: Kentucky Geological Survey Bulletin, v. I, Series 1, 416 p.
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