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Fossils under the KY I-75 bridge at Clay's Ferry


Darrell Barnes

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Fossils under the KY I-75 bridge at Clay's Ferry video link

Featuring Mark Montgomery and Dan Phelps

Mr. Phelps identifies the fossils:

Brachiopod pieces, Ordovician

High-Spired snail

Rafinesquina Brachiopod identified

Flat brachiopod

Constantine Rafinesque story

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_Samuel_Rafinesque

About Dan Phelps

Thanks to Will _ for helping me to find the location in the KAS registration lobby at Berea College.


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Nice video and it looks like a productive location!

-Dave

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Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPhee

If I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPhee

Check out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/

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He's under the I-75 bridge over the Kentucky River near Clay's Ferry, KY.  Geology of the area says Clay's Ferry/Kope formation and Garrard Siltstone. 

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-Dave

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Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPhee

If I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPhee

Check out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/

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