Bowling Green Dolomite

Bowling Green Dolomite
Stratigraphic range: Silurian
Type Formation
Unit of Edgewood Group
Underlies Grassy Creek Shale (Devonian)
Overlies Bryant Knob Formation or Noix Limestone
Lithology
Primary Dolomite
Location
Region Pike County, NE Missouri
Country United States
Type section
Named for Bowling Green, Pike County, Missouri[1]

The Bowling Green Dolomite is a geologic formation in Missouri. It preserves fossils dating back to the Silurian period.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 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. 39


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