Jefferson City Formation

Jefferson City Formation
Stratigraphic range: Early Ordovician
Type Formation
Underlies Cotter Dolomite
Overlies Roubidoux Formation[1]
Lithology
Primary Dolostone
Other Chert, sandstone
Location
Region Missouri
Country United States
Type section
Named for Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri

The Jefferson City Formation or Jefferson City Dolomite is a geologic formation in the Ozarks of Missouri and Arkansas. The Jefferson City is in part not differentiated from the Cotter Formation of northern Arkansas.[2] It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period.

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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 145
  2. ↑ Ordovician of the Ozark Plateau


Preceded by Proterozoic Eon Phanerozoic Eon
Paleozoic Era Mesozoic Era Cenozoic Era
Cambrian Ordovician Silurian Devonian Carboniferous Permian Triassic Jurassic Cretaceous Paleogene Neogene 4ry


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