Bull Fork Formation
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| Bull Fork Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Ordovician | |
 Bull Fork Formation exposed in southern Ohio | |
| Type | Formation |
| Underlies | Drakes Formation |
| Overlies | Grant Lake Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Other | Shale |
| Location | |
| Region | Ohio and Kentucky |
| Country | United States |
The Bull Fork Formation is a geologic formation in north central Kentucky and southwestern Ohio. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period.[1]
John H. Peck assigned strata previously called the Arnheim, Waynesville, Liberty, and Whitewater Formations in Kentucky to the Bull Fork Formation.[2][3]
See also
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References
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Categories:
- Ordovician Kentucky
- Ordovician Ohio
- Ordovician southern paleotemperate deposits
- Limestone formations of the United States
- Shale formations of the United States
- Geologic formations of Kentucky
- Geologic formations of Ohio
- Midwestern United States geologic formation stubs
- Ohio stubs
- Kentucky geologic formation stubs