Northview Formation
Northview Formation Stratigraphic range: Mississippian | |
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Type | Geological formation |
Unit of | Chouteau Group |
Underlies | Pierson Limestone or Burlington Limestone |
Overlies | Sedalia Formation or Compton Limestone |
Thickness | up to 80 feet (20 m)[1] |
Lithology | |
Primary | Shale |
Other | Siltstone, argillaceous limestone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 37°17′56″N 93°00′08″W / 37.29889°N 93.00222°W[2] |
Region | Missouri (southwest): Springfield Plateau section of the Ozarks |
Type section | |
Named for | Northview in Webster County, southwestern Missouri |
Named by | Weller |
Location | Section along old Highway 66 near Northview |
Year defined | 1899[1] |
Coordinates | 37°17′56″N 93°00′08″W / 37.29889°N 93.00222°W |
Region | Webster County, southwestern Missouri |
Country | United States |
The Northview Formation is a geologic formation in southwest Missouri. Its fauna includes brachiopods and abundant trace fossils of the Mississippian subperiod and Kinderhookian Series.[3]
See also
References
- 1 2 Thompson, Thomas L., 2001, Lexicon of Stratigraphic Nomenclature in Missouri, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geology and Land Survey, Report of Investigation Number 73, p 43
- ↑ Lexicon of geologic names of the United States for 1936-1960, Volume 2 Geologic Survey Bulletin 1200 by Grace C. Keroher (1966) p. 2773
- ↑ The Stratigraphic Succession in Missouri, Missouri Geological Survey, Vol. XL 2nd series, 1961, pp 57-58
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