By Donald R. Chesnut, 1997
Last Revision October 12, 1999
By District: Nomenclature used within individual districts.
By Formation: Nomenclature used across the region by stratum.
|Bell (north of Pine Mtn.)||Southwestern|
|Bell (south of Pine Mtn.)||Middlesboro Subdistrict, Upper Cumberland District|
|Harlan (north of Pine Mtn.)||Hazard|
|Harlan (south of Pine Mtn.)||Harlan Subdistrict, Upper Cumberland District|
|Letcher (north of Pine Mtn.)||Hazard|
|Letcher (south of Pine Mtn.)||Harlan Subdistrict, Upper Cumberland District|
|Whitley (north of Pine Mtn.)||Southwestern|
|Whitley (south of Pine Mtn.)||Middlesboro Subdistrict, Upper Cumberland District|
Sources for this compilation were from the following (in alphabetic order):
Blake, Mitch, 1996, personal communication. West Virginia Geological Survey.
Chesnut, D.R., Jr., 1991, Paleontological survey of the Pennsylvanian rocks of the Eastern Kentucky Coal Field: Part 1, Invertebrates. Kentucky Geological Survey, Series XI, Information Circular 36, 71 p.
Chesnut, D.R., Jr., 1992, Stratigraphic and structural framework of the Carboniferous rocks of the Central Appalachian Basin in Kentucky. Kentucky Geological Survey, Series XI, Bulletin 3, 42 pages.
Harned, G.W., 1979, Correlation of the coals of the Cumberland Overthrust Sheet of Kentucky and parts of southwestern Virginia. Kentucky Geological Survey, Series XI, Open-File Report OF-79-02, 62 p.
Rice, C.L., and Hiett, J.K., 1994, Revised correlation chart of coal beds, coal zones, and key stratigraphic units in the Pennsylvanian rocks of eastern Kentucky. U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2275, one sheet.