Pierson Limestone Explained

Pierson Limestone
Type:Formation
Age:Mississippian
Period:Mississippian
Prilithology:Limestone
Otherlithology:Chert, dolomite
Namedfor:Pierson Creek, Greene County, Missouri
Namedby:Stuart Weller (1901)[1] [2]
Region:Missouri
Country:United States
Unitof:Chouteau Group basal unit of the Osagean Series
Underlies:Reeds Spring Formation and Elsey Formation
Overlies:Northview Formation

The Pierson Limestone is a geologic formation in southwestern Missouri.[1] It preserves fossils of the Mississippian subperiod including brachiopods and coral.[3]

Notes and References

  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 222
  2. Weller. S.. Correlation of the Kinderhook formations of southwestern Missouri. The Journal of Geology. 1901. 9. 2. 131, 144–147. 10.1086/620889.
  3. Howe, W. B. and J. W. Koenig, The Stratigraphic Succession in Missouri, Missouri Geological Survey and Water Resources, 1961, pp. 59-60

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