Fort Riley Limestone
Fort Riley Limestone Stratigraphic range: Lower Permian | |
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Type | Formation Member |
Unit of | Barneston Limestone |
Underlies | member of the formation[1] |
Overlies | member of the Barneston Limestone formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Limestone |
Location | |
Region | mid-continental |
Country | United States |
Type section | |
Named for | Fort Riley, Kansas |
The Fort Riley Limestone is a Permian stratigraphic unit and historic building stone, sold commercially as fine-grained Silverdale, at one time being quarried at Silverdale, Kansas.[2] The limestone outcrops in east-central Kansas, northeast-central Oklahoma, and southeastern Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. Its outcrop caps the bluffs overlooking the original buildings of Fort Riley.
See also[]
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Kansas
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Nebraska
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Oklahoma
- Paleontology in Kansas
- Paleontology in Nebraska
- Paleontology in Oklahoma
References[]
- ^ "Geology and Construction-Material Resources of Marion County, Kansas By F. E. BYRNE, C. P. WALTERS, J. L. HILL, and L. RISEMAN on USGS" (PDF).
- ^ Susan Ward Aber and David A. Grisafe (1982). Petrographic Characteristics of Kansas Building Limestones, Kansas Geological Survey, Bulletin 224. University of Kansas Publications, State Geological Survey of Kansas.
External links[]
Categories:
- Permian Kansas
- Permian geology of Nebraska
- Geologic formations of Oklahoma
- Limestone
- Building stone
- Kansas geologic formation stubs