Gasconade Formation

Gasconade Formation
Stratigraphic range: Ordovician
Type Formation
Sub-units Basal Gunter Sandstone member
Underlies Roubidoux Formation
Overlies Eminence Formation Cambrian (unconformable)[1]
Lithology
Primary Dolostone
Other Sandstone
Location
Region Missouri
Country United States

The Gasconade Formation is a geologic formation in the Ozarks of Missouri. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician Period.

See also

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 112


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