Keokuk Limestone Explained

Keokuk Limestone
Type:Formation
Age:Mississippian
Period:Mississippian
Prilithology:Limestone
Namedfor:Keokuk in southeastern Iowa
Region:Illinois, Iowa, Missouri
Country:United States
Underlies:Warsaw Formation
Overlies:Burlington Limestone[1]

The Keokuk Limestone is a geologic formation in Illinois, Iowa and Missouri. It preserves fossils dating back to the Mississippian sub-period.

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  1. http://www.dnr.mo.gov/geology/geosrv/ogc/docs/RI-073.pdf 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 145