Goodland Limestone

The Goodland Limestone or Goodland Formation is a geologic formation in Arkansas[2] and Texas. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.[3]

Goodland Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Cretaceous
TypeFormation
UnderliesKiamichi Shale
OverliesTrinity Group
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone
Location
RegionArkansas, Texas
Country United States
Type section
Named forGoodland, Choctaw County, Oklahoma
Named byRobert Thomas Hill[1]

See also

References

  1. Hill, R.T. (1891). "The Comanche series of the Texas-Arkansas region". Bulletin of the Geological Society of America. 2 (1): 504, 514–515, 516, 522. Bibcode:1891GSAB....2..503H. doi:10.1130/GSAB-2-503.
  2. McFarland, John David (2004) [1998]. "Stratigraphic summary of Arkansas" (PDF). Arkansas Geological Commission Information Circular. 36: 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-21. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  3. Omaña, L., Alencaster, G., Buitrón, B.E. (2016). "Mid-early late Albian foraminiferal assemblage from the El Abra Formation in the El Madroño locality, eastern Valles–San Luis Potosí Platform, Mexico: Paleoenvironmental and paleobiogeographical significance". Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana. 68 (3): 477–492. doi:10.18268/BSGM2016v68n3a6.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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