Field notes, central Kentucky, 1898
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Oldham Co- La Grange. 23 (1) About half way between LaGrange and Pendleton the Clinton is exposed on both sides of the rail- road track. Two hundred yards further south is the bridge cross- ing the railroad track leading to Mrs. Whalen's house. The Clinton is here 22 inches or 2 feet thick, and contains some more recognized species of all ages, not well exposed, but Streptelasma conicula? The Clinton is finegrained red- dish, weathering to light brown, siliceous, and contains lenses of finer grained limestone, and lullers filled with calcite. Beneath it are 13 inches of a solid rock corresponding to the transition rock of Wadvern sections. Its precise horizon- equivalence is unknown. For 9 feet above the Clinton there are no exposures. Then, further southward, 2 feet 8 inches of blue clayey shale are seen, form- ing the top of the Lower Oxford shale, the total thickness being therefore about 11 feet 8 inches. In a 2 member harder, some calcareous layer 1 foot from