Pierson Limestone
Pierson Limestone Stratigraphic range: Mississippian | |
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Type | Formation |
Unit of | Chouteau Group basal unit of the Osagean Series |
Underlies | Reeds Spring Formation and Elsey Formation |
Overlies | Northview Formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Limestone |
Other | Chert, dolomite |
Location | |
Region | Missouri |
Country | United States |
Type section | |
Named for | Pearson Creek, Greene County, Missouri |
Named by | Weller (1901)[1] |
The Pierson Limestone is a geologic formation in southwestern Missouri.[1] It preserves fossils of the Mississippian subperiod including brachiopods and coral.[2]
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 222
- ↑ Howe, W. B. andJ. W. Koenig, The Stratigraphic Succession in Missouri, Missouri Geological Survey and Water Resources, 1961, pp. 59-60
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