Pierson Limestone

The Pierson Limestone is a geologic formation in southwestern Missouri.[1] It preserves fossils of the Mississippian subperiod including brachiopods and coral.[3]

Pierson Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Mississippian
TypeFormation
Unit ofChouteau Group basal unit of the Osagean Series
UnderliesReeds Spring Formation and Elsey Formation
OverliesNorthview Formation
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone
OtherChert, dolomite
Location
RegionMissouri
CountryUnited States
Type section
Named forPierson Creek, Greene County, Missouri
Named byStuart Weller (1901)[1][2]

References

  1. 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 222
  2. Weller, S. (1901). "Correlation of the Kinderhook formations of southwestern Missouri". The Journal of Geology. 9 (2): 131, 144–147. doi:10.1086/620889.
  3. Howe, W. B. andJ. W. Koenig, The Stratigraphic Succession in Missouri, Missouri Geological Survey and Water Resources, 1961, pp. 59-60


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