Lincolnshire Formation
| Lincolnshire Formation Stratigraphic range: Late Ordovician | |
|---|---|
| Type | Formation |
| Underlies | Edinburg Formation |
| Overlies | |
| Location | |
| Region | Tennessee, Virginia |
| Country |  United States |
| 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.[1][2]
References[]
- ^ 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.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 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.
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