Holston Formation
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holston-formation-309-11377760
title:
Holston Formation
text:
The Holston Formation, alternately known as the Holston Limestone, is a stratigraphic unit of Ordovician age within the Chickamauga Group in the Ridge-and-Valley physiographic province of the southeastern United States. A 120-mile (190 km) long outcrop belt of the Holston in East Tennessee is the source of the decorative building stone known as Tennessee marble. Near Knoxville the Holston Formation is about 400 feet (120 m) thick but it thins toward the southwest; near Cleveland, Tennessee it is
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description:
Stratigraphic unit containing Tennessee marble in US
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holston_Formation
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2023-10-16T10:30:33Z
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13
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15