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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic group
ageRange Early Mississippian
contains deltaic deposits
marine fossils
turbidite deposits
containsMember Carwood Formation NERFINISHED
Cowbell Member
Edwardsville Formation NERFINISHED
Henley Bed NERFINISHED
Locust Point Formation NERFINISHED
Muldraugh Formation NERFINISHED
Nancy Member
New Providence Shale NERFINISHED
Siltstone Member
Spickert Knob Formation NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
depositionalSetting foreland basin
dominantColor gray
economicUse construction aggregate
road metal
environmentOfDeposition marine
fossilContent brachiopods
bryozoans
crinoids
marine invertebrates
geologicAge Mississippian
geologicPeriod Carboniferous NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
overlies Devonian strata
partOf Mississippian stratigraphic units of North America
region Appalachian Basin margin NERFINISHED
Illinois Basin NERFINISHED
rockType sedimentary rock
stratigraphicRank group
subPeriod Mississippian NERFINISHED
tectonicSetting Acadian orogeny foreland basin NERFINISHED
thickness locally more than 300 meters
underlies Pennsylvanian strata
usedIn stratigraphic correlation in the eastern United States

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Harrodsburg Limestone overlies Borden Group