Roca Formation (United States)
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| Roca Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: early Permian | |
| File:Roca Shale road cut on Seth Child KS-113, Manhattan, Kansas.jpg Multicolored Roca Shale, well-exposed along Seth Child Road in Manhattan, Kansas, marked by the Howe limestone below and the Sallyards limestone and Legion shale above. | |
| Type | Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Shale and mudstone |
| Other | Limestone |
| Location | |
| Region | Midcontinent (Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma)[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Roca, Nebraska[1] |
The Roca Formation (or Roca Shale) is an early Permian geologic formation (Wolfcampian) with its exposure running north and south through Kansas and extending into Nebraska and Oklahoma, notably comprising varicolored black, brown, gray, green, red, and blue shales, mudstones, and limestone, some of which representing Permian paleosols.[1][2]
See also
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- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Kansas
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Nebraska
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Oklahoma
- Paleontology in Kansas
- Paleontology in Nebraska
- Paleontology in Oklahoma
References
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Categories:
- Permian Oklahoma
- Permian Kansas
- Permian geology of Nebraska
- Cisuralian Series of North America
- Shale formations of the United States
- Limestone formations of the United States
- Geologic formations of Nebraska
- Geologic formations of Kansas
- Geologic formations of Oklahoma
- Kansas geologic formation stubs
- Midwestern United States geologic formation stubs
- Nebraska stubs
- Oklahoma geologic formation stubs
- Permian stubs