Northview Formation

Northview Formation
Stratigraphic range: Mississippian
Type Geological formation
Unit of Chouteau Group
Underlies Pierson Limestone or Burlington Limestone
Overlies Sedalia Formation or Compton Limestone
Thickness up to 80 feet (20 m)[1]
Lithology
Primary Shale
Other Siltstone, argillaceous limestone
Location
Coordinates 37°17′56″N 93°00′08″W / 37.29889°N 93.00222°W[2]
Region Missouri (southwest): Springfield Plateau section of the Ozarks
Type section
Named for Northview in Webster County, southwestern Missouri
Named by Weller
Location Section along old Highway 66 near Northview
Year defined 1899[1]
Coordinates 37°17′56″N 93°00′08″W / 37.29889°N 93.00222°W
Region Webster County, southwestern Missouri
Country United States

The Northview Formation is a geologic formation in southwest Missouri. Its fauna includes brachiopods and abundant trace fossils of the Mississippian subperiod and Kinderhookian Series.[3]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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 43
  2. Lexicon of geologic names of the United States for 1936-1960, Volume 2 Geologic Survey Bulletin 1200 by Grace C. Keroher (1966) p. 2773
  3. The Stratigraphic Succession in Missouri, Missouri Geological Survey, Vol. XL 2nd series, 1961, pp 57-58