Rendleman Oolite Bed
Lithostratigraphy: Hunton Limestone Megagroup >>Lingle Formation >>Rendleman Oolite Bed
Chronostratigraphy: Paleozoic Erathem >>Devonian System >>Middle Devonian Series
Allostratigraphy: Kaskaskia Sequence
Primary source
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.
Contributing author(s)
Charles Collinson and Elwood Atherton
Name
Original description
The Rendleman Oolite Bed (North, 1969, p. 30-31).
Derivation
Named for Rendleman School, 1 mile east of the type section.
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History/background
Type section
Type location
The type section of the Rendleman Oolite Bed is part of the Walnut Grove type section, an outcrop near the head of a small tributary of Clear Creek (SE SE SW 22, 11 S-2W), where it is 1.5 feet thick and occurs 4 feet above the base of the Walnut Grove Member.
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Stratigraphic relationships
Extent and thickness
Lithology
The Rendleman Oolite Bed is a persistent, distinctive bed. The ooliths, which are poorly sorted and have a maximum diameter of 1 mm, occur in a fine-grained limestone matrix.
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References
NORTH, W. G., 1969, Middle Devonian strata of southern Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey Circular 441, 45 p.
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