Florena Shale
The Florena Shale is a stratigraphic unit in east-central Kansas, northeast-central Oklahoma, and southeastern Nebraska in the Midwestern United States.[1] It preserves fossils dating to the Permian period.
Florena Shale Stratigraphic range: Lower Permian | |
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Type | Formation Member |
Unit of | Beattie Limestone |
Underlies | Morrill Limestone of the Beattie Limestone formation |
Overlies | Cottonwood Limestone of the Beattie Limestone formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Shale |
Location | |
Region | mid-continental |
Country | United States |
See also
References
- Imbrie, John; Laporte, Léo F. & Merriam, Daniel F. (1964), Beattie Limestone Facies (Lower Permian) of the Northern Midcontinent, Kansas Geological Survey, Lawrence, Kansas.
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