Leipers Limestone

Leipers Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Ordovician
Type Formation
Overlies Catheys Formation
Thickness 35-55 m[1]
Lithology
Primary Limestone
Other Dolomite, shale [1]
Location
Region Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia[2]
Country United States

The Leipers Limestone is a geologic formation in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia.[2] It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician Period.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Cumberland Formation and Leipers and Catheys (?) Limestones, undivided; USGS, Mineral Resources On-Line Spatial Data
  2. 1 2 Geologic Unit: Leipers, Geolex, USGS


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