Pierson Limestone
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Pierson Limestone | |
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Stratigraphic range: Mississippian | |
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 | Pierson Creek, Greene County, Missouri |
Named by | Stuart Weller (1901)[1][2] |
The Pierson Limestone is a geologic formation in southwestern Missouri.[1] It preserves fossils of the Mississippian subperiod including brachiopods and coral.[3]
References
- ^ a b 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
- ^ Weller, S. (1901). "Correlation of the Kinderhook formations of southwestern Missouri". The Journal of Geology. 9 (2): 131, 144–147. doi:10.1086/620889.
- ^ Howe, W. B. andJ. W. Koenig, The Stratigraphic Succession in Missouri, Missouri Geological Survey and Water Resources, 1961, pp. 59-60