Neva Limestone Explained

Neva Limestone
Type:Formation Member
Age:Lower Permian
Prilithology:Limestone
Namedfor:Neva, Kansas
Region:mid-continental
Country:United States
Unitof:Grenola Limestone
Subunits:Soft Neva, Hard Neva
Underlies:Eskridge Shale
Overlies:Salem Point Shale member of the Grenola Limestone formation

The Neva Limestone is a stratigraphic unit and historic building stone[1] in east-central Kansas, northeast-central Oklahoma, and southeastern Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. It preserves fossils dating to the Permian period.

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  1. Book: Susan Ward Aber and David A. Grisafe . Petrographic Characteristics of Kansas Building Limestones, Kansas Geological Survey, Bulletin 224 . University of Kansas Publications, State Geological Survey of Kansas . 1982 .