Compton_Limestone

Compton Limestone

Compton Limestone

Geologic formation in Missouri, US

The Compton Limestone is a geologic formation in southwest Missouri.[1] It preserves brachiopod and echinoderm fossils of the Mississippian subperiod.[3] The Compton rests unconformably on the Cotter Dolomite of Ordovician age. The Compton was named for the community of Compton, Missouri, as the type sections were described for outcrops along the James River and its tributary the Compton Branch.[4]

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  1. [1]
    Springfield Plateau Groundwater Province, Missouri Department of Natural Resources
  2. [2]
    Moore, R.C. (1928). "Early Mississippian formations in Missouri". Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines. 2nd Series. 21: 108–109, 111, 118–122, 131, 158.
  3. [3]
    The Stratigraphic Succession in Missouri, Missouri Geological Survey, Vol. XL 2nd series, 1961, pp 56-57
  4. [4]
    Geologic Unit: Compton, type locality Geolex, USGS


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