Field notes, Kentucky (?), circa 1901-1902
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22 49 See page 25 At Withrow's Run, 1 mi. W. of Bardstown. East side of Creek. 2/3 ft. basal Niagara 1/2 ft. weathering clay. 12 3/4 ft. Thin bedded Clinton. 11 ft. Thick bedded massive arenaceous with calcite. 2/3 ft. Thin bedded layer 5 ft. Weathering soft. 5 1/2 ft. Banded Madison, greenish + red from. 8 ft 9 in. Clay rock hard above soft below. 1 inch. Thin bedded l. with Stephomeria plenty. 5 ft. blue clay rock + limest. with fossils 1 ft. coral bed. Columnaria abbrevata 20 ft. down to creek level. About 5 feet below top coral bed is Palaeophyllum divaricatus + Portarea retusa = About on level with lower coral bed? Photo 10. 3 years more broken by sheets. 50 [illegible] See page 26 West side of Withrow's Creek, W. of Bardstown. Photo 11. Bottom projecting layer is thin bedded layer at top of Ordovician. The top distinct layer is base of well bedded Clinton. Photo 2,3,4. of second set. Junction of arenaceous Clinton in base and soft top of Lower Silurian. The thin bedded layer is between. 51 23 Buffalo creek 3 mi. W. of Bardstown. {2 ft. weathering soft, especially Coralrag 8 ft 4 in. Thin bedded Clinton. 10 ft. Massive Clinton. 5 in. Thin bedded. -1 1/2 ft. clay rock spalling. weathering soft. 6 ft. Banded Madison. 6 1/2 ft. looks like Greenish Madison. Not banded. Weathering soft. 52 East side of creek. West of Cedar Creek, 5 mi. W. of Bardstown. ? {8 in. oolitic layer 10 feet poor exposure. 34 1/2 feet continuous Laurel exposure 2 ft. clay layer in the Laurel 9 1/2 ft. limestone rotten below. 25 ft. Ozark clay. 6 ft Basal Ozark + top of Clinton. 5 ft. thin bedded Clinton intact chest. 6 ft massive with calcite. 2 ft softer rock. Is this Ordovician? It weather more readily than underlying part but breaks up brownish like rock above. I am not certain whether the Laurel exceeds 35 feet in that part of the section overlying the Laurel clay. The section appears thick but this may be due to a considerable westward dip of the rock.