Noix Limestone

Noix Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Ordovician
Type Formation
Unit of Edgewood Group
Underlies Silurian Bryant Knob Formation or Bowling Green Dolomite
Overlies Maquoketa Shale
Lithology
Primary Oolitic limestone
Location
Region Pike County, NE Missouri
Country United States
Type section
Named for Outcrops along Noix Creek just south of Louisiana, Pike County, Missouri[1]

The Noix Limestone is a geologic formation in Missouri. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period.

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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 205-6


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