Pages authored by Donald L. Eggert:
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Carbondale Group /
Petersburg Formation
Type area, reference section, and use of name: The name Petersburg, taken from Petersburg, Pike County, Ind., by Fuller and Ashley (1902, p. 2), was used for a coal in that area as well as for a formation consisting of the rocks between the bases of their Petersburg and Millersburg Coals. -
Petersburg Formation /
Folsomville Member
Type section and use of name: The name Folsomville was used by Eggert (1982, p. 7) for a clastic sequence of sediments as much as 65 feet (20 m) thick that splits the Springfield Coal Member into two or more beds in Gibson and Warrick Counties, Ind. -
Petersburg Formation /
Houchin Creek Coal Member
Type and reference sections and use of name: The name Houchin Creek Coal was first used by Fuller and Ashley (1902, p 2) for the coal that is prominent along Houchin Creek in southeastern Pike County, Ind. This unit had previously been designated as Coal IVa by Ashley (1899, p. 90).