Reeds Spring Formation Explained

Reeds Spring Formation
Type:Formation
Age:Mississippian Osagean Series
Prilithology:Limestone
Otherlithology:Shale, chert[1]
Namedfor:Reeds Spring, Stone County, Missouri
Namedby:Moore in 1928[2]
Region:Southwestern Missouri
Country:United States
Underlies:Elsey Formation
Overlies:Pierson Formation

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

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Notes and References

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