Reeds Spring Formation

Reeds Spring Formation
Stratigraphic range: Mississippian Osagean Series
Type Formation
Underlies Elsey Formation
Overlies Pierson Formation[1]
Lithology
Primary Limestone
Other Shale, chert[2]
Location
Region Southwestern Missouri[2]
Country United States
Type section
Named for Reeds Spring, Stone County, Missouri
Named by Moore in 1928[1]

The Reeds Spring Formation is a geologic formation in southwestern Missouri. It preserves fossils dating back to the Osagean Series of the Mississippian subperiod.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 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 237-8
  2. 1 2 Howe, W. B. and J. W. Koenig, The Stratigraphic Section in Missouri, Missouri Geological Survey, 1961, p. 63


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