Edit a page: Reel Limestone Member

For Help in formatting please see the Wiki Help

Willman, H. B., Elwood Atherton, T. C. Buschbach, Charles Collinson, John C. Frye, M. E. Hopkins, Jerry A. Lineback, and Jack A. Simon, 1975, Handbook of Illinois Stratigraphy: Illinois State Geological Survey Bulletin 95, 261 p.

M. E. Hopkins and J. A. Simon

The Reel Limestone Member of the Bond Formation (Worthen, 1875, p. 55).

Named for Reel's Corner, Wabash County, (NE? 8, 1S-12W).

===History/background=== ==Type section== ===Type location=== ===Type author(s)=== ===Type status=== ==Reference section== ===Reference location=== ===Reference author(s)=== ===Reference status=== ==Stratigraphic relationships== The Reel Limestone is the first limestone above the Shoal Creek Limestone and lies 85-100 feet above it. It is generally underlain by a thin, black fissile shale that directly overlies the Flannigan Coal. ==Extent and thickness== The Reel Limestone occurs in eastern and southeastern Illinois, and is 1-3 feet thick. ==Lithology== The Reel Limestone is dark gray. ==Core(s)== ==Photograph(s)== ==Contacts== ==Well log characteristics== ==Fossils== The Reel Limestone contains many small gastropods, pelecypods, brachiopods, and incrusting Foraminifera. ==Age and correlation== ==Environments of deposition== ==Economic importance== ==Remarks== ==References== WORTHEN, A. H., 1875, Geology and paleontology: Geological Survey of Illinois, v. 6, 532 p. {{Codes |membercode=1950 |geo_unit=-- }}

place a <pre><br></pre>at the end of a line to get a line return

Save page Show preview Show changes Cancel