Cleveland Shale
The Cleveland Shale, also referred to as the Cleveland Member, is a shale geologic formation in the eastern United States.
| Cleveland Shale | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Famennian ~ | |
Cleveland Shale (below) and Berea Sandstone of the Bedford Formation at the Great Falls of Tinkers Creek near Bedford, Ohio | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Ohio Shale |
| Underlies | Bedford Shale |
| Overlies | Chagrin Shale |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Shale |
| Other | Pyrite |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 39.4°N 83.6°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 31.3°S 32.2°W |
| Region | Ohio |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Cleveland, Ohio |
| Named by | John Strong Newberry |
| Year defined | 1870 |
Cleveland Shale (the United States) Cleveland Shale (Ohio) | |
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