Ordovician Cincinnatian Group shelf close to Winchester Kentucky, Route 627

Roadcuts on Rt 627 between I 75 & I 64 - to SW of Winchester, Kentucky. Cincinnatian - Ordovician: Shallow shelf (within wave base) to intertidal carbonates & shales

Stop 2: Kentucky, State Rt 627 from I75 to I64 just south Winchester

Facies: Mixed shallow shelf storm carbonates and shales
Age: Ordovician Cincinnatian Group
Description: Bioclastic limestones representing layers reworked by storm waves on a shallow shelf. Shales are probably part of the storm sorting. Abundant brachiopod, bryozoan and trilobite hash are collected in the limestones.

Unless otherwise indicated the images on this page were photographed by Christopher Kendall using a digital Nicon Coolpix camera.


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Last Revised: August 18, 2005