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Geologic Image: Image ID 1047

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2017-01-11
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2007-10-03

Summary

Geologic image in the Kentucky Geological Survey data repository.Image Name: Earth History, Letcher County Image Date: 10/3/2007 Category: photo_outcrop Source: Carey, Dan Format: JPG Size (MB): 0.7 Pixel Dimensions: 1624 x 1596 Description: From the 355-million-year-old shale in the Mississippian Pennington Formation at the bottom to the 315-million-year-old sandstone in the Lee Formation at the top, nearly 40 million years of the earth's history can be seen in the tilted bands of rocks in Pine Mountain along U.S. 23 at Pound Gap in Letcher County. Photo by Dan Carey, Kentucky Geological Survey.

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Repository maintained by the Kentucky Geological Survey.
Web (this record): http://kgs.uky.edu/kgsweb/geology/image_detail.asp?image_id=1047
Phone: 859-257-5500
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Collection of Geologic Photos and Images from Kentucky
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images_1112017.xml

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title Parent-4f4e4a5fe4b07f02db634678 Geologic Image: Image ID 1047

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alternateGeometryCoordinates are represented in Geographic Decimal Degree NAD83<br/>Quadrangle: Jenkins West <br/>County: Letcher</br>State: Kentucky <br/>

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