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Geologic Image: Image ID 1360

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2017-01-11
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2006-08-08

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Geologic image in the Kentucky Geological Survey data repository.Image Name: The Knobs, Boyle County Image Date: 8/8/2006 Category: photo_scene Source: Carey, Dan Format: JPG Size (MB): 0.3 Pixel Dimensions: 3292 x 1396 Description: The Knobs--isolated, steep-sloping, often cone-shaped hills--dominate the horizon of southern Boyle County. They were originally continuous with the Mississippian Plateau, but were separated from the plateau by stream erosion. Many of the knobs are still capped by erosionally resistant limestones or sandstones. The sharp slopes of the Knobs are composed of shales of the 350 million year old Mississippian Borden Formation, which are more easily eroded than the overlying limestones and sandstones. The base [...]

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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=1360
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 1360

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alternateGeometryCoordinates are represented in Geographic Decimal Degree NAD83<br/>Quadrangle: Junction City <br/>County: Boyle</br>State: Kentucky <br/>

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