Neva Limestone

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.

Neva Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Lower Permian
TypeFormation Member
Unit ofGrenola Limestone
Sub-unitsSoft Neva, Hard Neva[1]
UnderliesEskridge Shale
OverliesSalem Point Shale member of the Grenola Limestone formation
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone
Location
Regionmid-continental
CountryUnited States
Type section
Named forNeva, Kansas

See also

References

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


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