Lincolnshire Formation
Appearance
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Lincolnshire Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Late Ordovician | |
Type | Formation |
Underlies | Edinburg Formation |
Overlies | New Market Limestone |
Thickness | 75 to 255 feet[1] |
Lithology | |
Primary | Limestone |
Other | chert |
Location | |
Region | Tennessee, Virginia |
Country | ![]() |
Type section | |
Named for | Lincolnshire Branch of the Clinch River in Tazewell, Virginia |
Named by | Cooper & Prouty, 1943 |
The Lincolnshire Formation, often known as the Lincolnshire Limestone, is an Ordovician-age geological formation in the Appalachian region of the Eastern United States.[2][3]
The Lincolnshire is composed of dark-gray, medium-grained, cherty limestone.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Eugene K. Rader, 1967. Geology of Staunton, Churchville, Greenville, and Stuarts Draft quadrangles, Virginia. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, Report of Investigations 12. Map Scale: 1:24,000.
- ^ Read, J. Fred; Eriksson, Kenneth A. (2012). "Paleozoic Sedimentary Successions of the Virginia Valley & Ridge and Plateau" (PDF). Virginia Tech Scholarly Works, Department of Geosciences.
- ^ Cooper, Byron N.; Cooper, G. Arthur (1946). "Lower Middle Ordovician Stratigraphy of the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia". Bulletin of the Geological Society of America. 57: 35–114.