Historical:Levings Member

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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
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Lithostratigraphy: Embayment Megagroup >>McNairy Formation >>Levings Member
Chronostratigraphy: Mesozoic Erathem >>Cretaceous System >>Gulfian Series

Authors

H. B. Willman and John C. Frye

Name Origin

The Levings Member of the McNairy Formation (Pryor and Ross, 1962, p. 19) is named for Levings, Pulaski County.

Type Section

Levings is 1.5 miles northeast of the type section along a creek southwest of U.S. Dam 53 (NW SW 18, 15S-2E).

Extent and Thickness

The Levings occurs in the middle part of the McNairy Formation, is 0-70 feet thick, and is generally present throughout the northern part of the Mississippi Embayment.

Description

The Levings Member is largely lignitic silt and clay with thin beds of lignite.

References

PRYOR, W. A., and C. A. ROSS, 1962, Geology of the Illinois parts of the Cairo, La Center, and Thebes Quadrangles: Illinois State Geological Survey Circular 332, 39 p.

ISGS Codes

Stratigraphic Code Geo Unit Designation
1420
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