Pierson Limestone

Pierson Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Mississippian
Type Formation
Unit of Chouteau Group basal unit of the Osagean Series
Underlies Reeds Spring Formation and Elsey Formation
Overlies Northview Formation
Lithology
Primary Limestone
Other Chert, dolomite
Location
Region Missouri
Country United States
Type section
Named for Pearson Creek, Greene County, Missouri
Named by Weller (1901)[1]

The Pierson Limestone is a geologic formation in southwestern Missouri.[1] It preserves fossils of the Mississippian subperiod including brachiopods and coral.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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 222
  2. Howe, W. B. andJ. W. Koenig, The Stratigraphic Succession in Missouri, Missouri Geological Survey and Water Resources, 1961, pp. 59-60


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