Borden Group

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The Borden Group is a geologic rock unit of Mississippian age in the eastern United States, known for its thick sequences of marine shales, siltstones, and sandstones.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Borden Group canonical 1
Ellenburger Group 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic group ⓘ
ageRange Early Mississippian ⓘ
contains deltaic deposits ⓘ
marine fossils ⓘ
turbidite deposits ⓘ
containsMember Carwood Formation ⓘ
Cowbell Member ⓘ
Edwardsville Formation ⓘ
linked to: Carwood Formation

Henley Bed ⓘ
Locust Point Formation ⓘ
Muldraugh Formation ⓘ
Nancy Member ⓘ
New Providence Shale ⓘ
Siltstone Member ⓘ
Spickert Knob Formation ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
depositionalSetting foreland basin ⓘ
dominantColor gray ⓘ
economicUse construction aggregate ⓘ
road metal ⓘ
environmentOfDeposition marine ⓘ
fossilContent brachiopods ⓘ
bryozoans ⓘ
crinoids ⓘ
marine invertebrates ⓘ
geologicAge Mississippian ⓘ
geologicPeriod Carboniferous ⓘ
grainSize fine-grained ⓘ
knownFor thick sequences of marine shales ⓘ
thick sequences of sandstones ⓘ
thick sequences of siltstones ⓘ
lithology sandstone ⓘ
shale ⓘ
siltstone ⓘ
locatedIn eastern United States ⓘ
namedFor Borden, Indiana ⓘ
overlies Devonian strata ⓘ
partOf Mississippian stratigraphic units of North America ⓘ
region Appalachian Basin margin ⓘ
linked to: Appalachian Basin

Illinois Basin ⓘ
linked to: Illinois Basin area
rockType sedimentary rock ⓘ
stratigraphicRank group ⓘ
subPeriod Mississippian ⓘ
tectonicSetting Acadian orogeny foreland basin ⓘ
thickness locally more than 300 meters ⓘ
underlies Pennsylvanian strata ⓘ
usedIn stratigraphic correlation in the eastern United States ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Harrodsburg Limestone → overlies → Borden Group ⓘ
Midland Basin → containsFormation → Ellenburger Group ⓘ
linked to: Borden Group