Beattie Formation Explained

Beattie Formation
Type:Formation
Age:Lower Permian
Prilithology:Limestone, Shale
Namedfor:Beattie, Kansas
Year Ts:1933
Namedby:Condra, G.E., and Busby, C.E.
Region:mid-continental
Country:United States
Subunits:Morrill Limestone
Florena Shale
Cottonwood Limestone
Overlies:Eskridge Shale
Extent:outcrops from southeast Nebraska to northeast-central Oklahoma

The Beattie Formation, or Beattie Limestone, is a geologic formation in east-central Kansas, northeast-central Oklahoma, and southeastern Nebraska in the Midwestern United States.[1] It preserves fossils dating to the Permian period.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Geologic Unit: Beattie . Geolex – National Geologic Database . 2015-01-11 . United States Geological Survey .