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Bull Fork Formation

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Bull Fork Formation
Stratigraphic range: Ordovician
Bull Fork Formation exposed in southern Ohio
TypeFormation
UnderliesDrakes Formation
OverliesGrant Lake Formation
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone
OtherShale
Location
RegionOhio and Kentucky
CountryUnited 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]

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References

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  1. ^ Geolex for Bull Fork
  2. ^ G.P. Wahlman (1992). "Middle and Upper Ordovician symmetrical univalved mollusks (Monoplacophora and Bellerophontina) of the Cincinnati Arch region". Geological Survey Professional Paper. doi:10.3133/PP1066O. ISSN 0096-0446. Wikidata Q61047072.
  3. ^ John H. Peck (1966). "Upper Ordovician formations in the Maysville area, Kentucky" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin. 1244: B21–22. doi:10.3133/B1244B. ISSN 8755-531X. Wikidata Q61460922.