Breathitt Formation

Breathitt Formation
Stratigraphic range: Early to Middle Pennsylvanian
TypeSedimentary
Location
RegionKentucky (extending into northern Tennessee and southwestern West Virginia)
CountryUnited States
Type section
Named forBreathitt County, Kentucky
Named byMarius R. Campbell (1898)[1]

The Breathitt Formation is a geologic formation in Kentucky which preserves fossils dating back to the Pennsylvanian period.[2]

Ironstone from the Breathitt Formation along Interstate 64 in Kentucky

See also

References

  1. ^ Campbell, M. R., 1898, Description of the Richmond quadrangle (Kentucky): U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Atlas, Folio 46, 4 p.
  2. ^ Chesnut, D.R., Jr., 1992, Stratigraphic and structural framework of the Carboniferous rocks of the central Appalachian basin in Kentucky: Kentucky Geological Survey Bulletin, 11th series, no. 3, 42 p.



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