Chagrin Shale | |
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Stratigraphic range: Famennian | |
Type | Formation |
Unit of | Ohio Shale |
Underlies | Cleveland Shale, Cussewago Sandstone |
Overlies | Huron Member |
Lithology | |
Primary | Shale |
Location | |
Region | Ohio |
Country | United States |
Type section | |
Named for | Chagrin River |
Named by | Charles S. Prosser |
The Chagrin Shale is a shale geologic formation in the eastern United States that is approximately 365 million years old. The Chagrin Shale is a gray shale that begins thin and deep underground in north-central Ohio. As it proceeds east, the formation thickens, rises to the surface, and contains greater amounts of siltstone.