Compton Limestone

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

The Compton Limestone is a geologic formation in southwest Missouri.[1] It preserves brachiopod and echinoderm fossils of the Mississippian subperiod.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Springfield Plateau Groundwater Province, Missouri Department of Natural Resources
  2. The Stratigraphic Succession in Missouri, Missouri Geological Survey, Vol. XL 2nd series, 1961, pp 56-57


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