Images of road cuts exposed along US Rt 23 just north east of Louisa, Kentucky. Pennsylvanian - Fluvial Point Bars, Channel Fill, Flood Stage Chutes, Crevasse Splays & Overbank - Litharenites, shales, silts and coal.

Stop on State Rt. 23 just north of Louisa, Kentucky

Facies: Fluvial clastics and coals
Age: Pennsylvanian, Breathitt Formation

Unless otherwise indicated these images were photographed by Christopher Kendall with a digital Coolpix camera.

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