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Fort Payne Formation Field Trip in the Lake Cumberland Region

The following descriptions and images are from the Lake Cumberland Region and are modified from the Greb et al. (2008) float trip. Most exposures are only accessible by boat. Exposures accessible by road are specifically mentioned.

Stops on Lake Cumberland (boat access at low water)

• Caney Creek, Pleasant Hill mound (also accessible by road)
• Greasy Creek paleochannel
• Greasy Creek mound
• Harmon Creek mound
• Harmon Creek, Jabez Sandstone
• Lake Cumberland debrite
• Wolf Creek paleochannel
• Wolf Creek paleoslump

Roadcuts in the Lake Cumberland area        <these will come later>

• Burkesville, Ky. 61 roadcuts
• "Jump Off" at Swan Pond Road
• South of Wolf Creek Dam, Ky. 1730 roadcuts
• Wolf Creek Dam, U.S. 27 roadcuts

 

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