Compton Limestone
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| Compton Limestone | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Mississippian | |
| Type | Formation |
| Underlies | Northview Formation |
| Overlies | Cotter Formation, Chattanooga Shale |
| Thickness | 5 to 50 ft[1] |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Other | Shale |
| Location | |
| Region | Missouri (southwest): Springfield Plateau section of the Ozarks |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Compton, Webster County, Missouri |
| Named by | Raymond Cecil Moore[2] |
The Compton Limestone is a geologic formation in southwest Missouri.[1] It preserves brachiopod and echinoderm fossils of the Mississippian subperiod.[3] The Compton rests unconformably on the Cotter Dolomite of Ordovician age. The Compton was named for the community of Compton, Missouri, as the type sections were described for outcrops along the James River and its tributary the Compton Branch.[4]
See also
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References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Springfield Plateau Groundwater Province, Missouri Department of Natural Resources
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- ^ The Stratigraphic Succession in Missouri, Missouri Geological Survey, Vol. XL 2nd series, 1961, pp 56-57
- ^ Geologic Unit: Compton, type locality Geolex, USGS
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