Kimmswick Limestone

Kimmswick Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Ordovician
Type Formation
Underlies Cape Limestone, Maquoketa Group[1] or the Fernvale Limestone in Arkansas[2]
Overlies Decorah Shale[1] or Plattin Limestone[2]
Lithology
Primary Limestone
Other Sandstone, dolostone[2]
Location
Region Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri
Country United States
Type section
Named for Kimmswick, Jefferson County, Missouri
Named by Ulrich, 1904 [1]

The Kimmswick Limestone is an Ordovician geologic formation in Arkansas, Illinois and Missouri. Fossils occurring in the Kimmswick include corals, bryozoans, brachiopods, trilobites, crinoids and mollusks.[2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 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 153
  2. 1 2 3 4 Arkansas Geologic Survey


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