Field notes, central Kentucky, 1898
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There are 14 in of dark limestone without fossils, followed by 14 in of grayish calc arenaceous sand. Below this are 24 in of soft bluish limestone with fossils, MARION COUNTY Trip - Lebanon to Liberty 1600 [160] Going from the Ber. Raley locality (960) eastward up Carey creek 1/2, 2/3 of a mile, on the Bradfords- village road, a slight clift once after crossing the stream, the top of the Lower Corniferous is exposed at 970. Therefore the top of the Lower Silurian at this point must be about 960. [170] Nearly two thirds of a mile eastward on the Bradfords- village road, the Corniferous is seen to be 12 feet thick. It rests directly upon the Madison beds; the several feet of richly fossiliferous Lower Silurian rocks often seen in this county, but not existing here. They were probably eroded previous to the deposition of the Corn- iferous.