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  • Alum Cave Limestone Member
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  • Wabash Formation
  • Waldron Shale, Formation, Member
  • Waltersburg Sandstone
  • West Baden Group
  • West Franklin Limestone Member
  • Whitewater Formation
  • Yankeetown Member

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