Compton Limestone
The Compton Limestone is a geologic formation in southwest Missouri.[1] It preserves brachiopod and echinoderm fossils of the Mississippian subperiod.[3] The Compton rests unconformably on the Cotter Dolomite of Ordovician age. The Compton was named for the community of Compton, Missouri as the type sections were described for outcrops along the James River and its tributary the Compton Branch.[4]
| Compton Limestone Stratigraphic range: Mississippian | |
|---|---|
| Type | Formation |
| Underlies | Northview Formation |
| Overlies | Cotter Formation, Chattanooga Shale |
| Thickness | 5 to 50 ft[1] |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Other | Shale |
| Location | |
| Region | Missouri (southwest): Springfield Plateau section of the Ozarks |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Compton, Webster County, Missouri |
| Named by | Raymond Cecil Moore[2] |
References
- Springfield Plateau Groundwater Province, Missouri Department of Natural Resources
- Moore, R.C. (1928). "Early Mississippian formations in Missouri". Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines, 2nd series. 21: 108–109, 111, 118–122, 131, 158.
- The Stratigraphic Succession in Missouri, Missouri Geological Survey, Vol. XL 2nd series, 1961, pp 56-57
- Geologic Unit: Compton, type locality Geolex, USGS
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
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