Plattin Limestone

Plattin Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Ordovician
Type Formation
Underlies Kimmswick Limestone
Overlies Joachim Dolomite
Thickness up to 250 feet in Arkansas[1]
Lithology
Primary Limestone
Location
Region Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri
Country United States
Type section
Named for Plattin Creek, Jefferson County, Missouri
Named by Edward Oscar Ulrich[2]

The Plattin Limestone is a Middle Ordovician geologic formation in Arkansas, Illinois, and Missouri.[1] The name was first introduced in 1904 by Edward Oscar Ulrich in his study of the geology of Missouri.[2] A type locality was designated at the mouth of the Plattin Creek in Jefferson County, Missouri, however a stratotype was not assigned. As of 2017, a reference section has not been designated. The name was introduced into Arkansas in 1927, replacing part of the, now abandoned, Izard Limestone.[3]

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References

  1. 1 2 McFarland, John David (2004) [1998]. "Stratigraphic summary of Arkansas" (PDF). Arkansas Geological Commission Information Circular. 36: 6.
  2. 1 2 Buckley, E.R.; Buehler, H.A. (1904). "The quarrying industry of Missouri". Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines, 2nd series. 2: 11, 280.
  3. ↑ Branner, G.C. (1927). Outlines of Arkansas' mineral resources. Bureau of Mines, Manufactures and Agriculture and State Geological Survey.
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