The Beattie Formation, or Beattie Limestone, is a geologic formation in east-central Kansas, northeast-central Oklahoma, and southeastern Nebraska in the Midwestern United States.[1][2] It preserves fossils dating to the Permian period.
| Beattie Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Lower Permian | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Council Grove Group |
| Sub-units | Morrill Limestone Florena Shale Cottonwood Limestone |
| Underlies | Stearns Shale |
| Overlies | Eskridge Shale |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone, Shale |
| Location | |
| Region | mid-continental |
| Country | United States |
| Extent | outcrops from southeast Nebraska to northeast-central Oklahoma[1] |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Beattie, Kansas[2] |
| Named by | Condra, G.E., and Busby, C.E.[2] |
| Year defined | 1933[2] |
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References edit
- ^ a b Imbrie, John; Laporte, Léo F. & Merriam, Daniel F. (1964), Beattie Limestone Facies (Lower Permian) of the Northern Midcontinent, Kansas Geological Survey, Lawrence, Kansas.
- ^ a b c d "Geologic Unit: Beattie". Geolex – National Geologic Database. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2015-01-11.
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