Sunbury Shale

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Sunbury Shale
Stratigraphic range: Tournaisian [1]
Black shale with burrow (Sunbury Shale, Lower Mississippian; Black Lick Creek, Reynoldsburg, Ohio) 2 (46500723145).jpg
Sunbury Shale (Reynoldsburg, Ohio)
Type Formation
Unit of Waverly Group
Underlies Coldwater Shale, Cuyahoga Formation, and Price Formation
Overlies Berea Sandstone and Ellsworth Shale
Location
Region Appalachia, Midwestern United States and Southeastern United States
CountryUnited States
Extent Michigan, Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia

The Sunbury Shale is a geologic formation in Michigan. It preserves fossils dating back to the Mississippian period.

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