Historical:Birds Member

	Handbook of Illinois Stratigraphy
Series	Bulletin 95
Author	H. B. Willman, Elwood Atherton, T. C. Buschbach, Charles Collinson, John C. Frye, M. E. Hopkins, Jerry A. Lineback, Jack A. Simon
Date	1975
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	Handbook of Illinois Stratigraphy
Series	Bulletin 95
Author	H. B. Willman, Elwood Atherton, T. C. Buschbach, Charles Collinson, John C. Frye, M. E. Hopkins, Jerry A. Lineback, Jack A. Simon
Date	1975
Link	Web page
PDF	PDF file
Store	ISGS Store

Lithostratigraphy: Hunton Limestone Megagroup >>Wilhelmi Formation >>Birds Member
Chronostratigraphy: Paleozoic Erathem >>Silurian System >>Alexandrian Series
Allostratigraphy: Tippecanoe Sequence

Authors

H. B. Willman and Elwood Atherton

Name Origin

The Birds Member of the Wilhelmi Formation (Willman, 1973, p. 13), which overlies the Schweizer Member, is named for the railroad siding at Birds, 2 miles northwest of the type section.

Type Section

The type section of the Birds Member is part of the Wilhelmi Formation type section, located in a railroad cut about 5 miles southwest of Wilhelmi Airport (SE SW SE 35, 35N-9E).

Description

The uppermost part of the member and its contact with the overlying Elwood Formation are exposed in a ravine half a mile northeast (NW NW SE 36, 35N-9E). The Birds Member consists of 10-20 feet of slightly to moderately argillaceous, slightly cherty, thin-bedded, medium-gray dolomite. It is distinguished by several thin beds of relatively pure, finely laminated, fossiliferous dolomite.

References

WILLMAN, H. B., 1973, Rock stratigraphy of the Silurian System in northeastern and northwestern Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey Circular 479, 55 p.

ISGS Codes

Stratigraphic Code	Geo Unit Designation
6990	--